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Definition of Genus syngnathus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Syngnathidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae
Member holonyms: Dwarf Pipefish, Syngnathus Hildebrandi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Syngnathus
Literary usage of Genus syngnathus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Deep-nosed Pipefish. Huh. British waters. Genus SYNGNATHUS. 74. Syngnathus acus,
Linn. Great Pipefish. Hob. British Seas. ..."
2. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1854)
"On the Anal Pouch of the Male Fishes in certain species of the genus Syngnathus,
Linn.—Proc. Zool. Soc. II. p. 118. 42. On the Mode of Union after Fracture ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"In the typical genus Syngnathus, as represented by the great pipefish (S. acus),
shown in our illustration, the body is marked with more or less distinct ..."
4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus syngnathus — Pipe-Fishes — has the body exceedingly elongated, slender,
and covered with a series of hard plates parallel to each other; ..."
5. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot (Cary) Agassiz (1868)
"The extraordinary mode of rearing their young, which characterizes the various
representatives of the old genus Syngnathus, is only matched by the equally ..."
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