Family Solenostomidae - Ghost pipefishes
Order : Syngnathiformes Solenostomidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 1 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record : lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Tropical. Short and compressed body with large stellate bony plates. First dorsal fin with 5 long weak spines; the second dorsal mounted on a base having 17-22 soft rays. Relatively large pelvic fins opposite first dorsal fin, with 1 spine and 6 soft rays. Gill openings moderately large. Lacking circumorbital bones. Vertebrae 32-34. Females with the pelvics forming a brood pouch for incubating eggs. Feed on tiny benthic invertebrates and zooplankton. Maximum length to 16 cm.
Etymology : Greek, solen = tube, pipe, channel + Greek, stoma = mouth ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : bearers
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Syngnatharia | | | Syngnathiformes | Syngnathoidei | | Solenostomidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Solenostomidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770)
acceptedseniornew
Fistularia paradoxa Pallas, 1770
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
! Solenostoma cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Solenostomus bleekerii Duméril, 1870
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
! Solenostomus bleekeri Duméril, 1870
synonymjuniororiginal
Solenichthys raceki Whitley, 1955
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Solenichthys armatus (Weber, 1913)
synonymseniornew
Solenostomus paegnius Jordan & Thompson, 1914
acceptedseniororiginal
Solenichthys paegnius (Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
synonymseniornew
! Solenostomus paeginus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
synonymseniororiginal
Solenostomus halimeda Orr, Fritzsche & Randall, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Solenostomus sp. 1 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Solenostomus sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
Solenostomus cyanopterus (non Bleeker, 1854)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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