Family Syngnathidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 266105
Parent taxon: Syngnathoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Calamostoma, Centriscoidea, Fistulariidae, Macrorhamphosa, Pegasoidea, Syngnatha, Syngnathoidea
Subtaxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hippocampus, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Prosolenostomus, Pshekhagnathinae, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli
Ecology: nektonic omnivore