NAMES OF FISHES 23 



common name occurrence scientific name 



Order Gasterosteiformes (Thoracostei + Hemibil\nchii + Lophobranchii + 



solenichthyes) 



Gasterosteidae — sticklebacks 



Fourspine stickleback A-F Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill) 



Brook stickleback F Eucalia inconstans (Kirtland) 



Threespine stickleback A-F-P Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 



Twospine stickleback A Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam 



Ninespine stickleback A-F Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus) 



Aulorhyn chidae — tube-snou ts 

 Tube-snout P Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill 



Aulostomidae — trumpetfishes 

 Trumpetfish A Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes 



Fistulariidae — cornetfishes 

 Cornetfish A Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 



Centriscidae — snipefishes 



Slender snipefish A-P Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe) 



Longspine snipefish A Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Linnaeus) 



Syngnathidae — pipefishes and seahorses 



Whitenose pipefish A Corythoichthys albirostris Hecke^ 



Crested pipefish A Corythoichthys brachycephalus (Poey) 



Swivelhead pipefish P Dermatostethus punctipinnis Gill 



Spotted seahorse A Hippocampus erectus Perry 



Pacific seahorse P Hippocampus ingens Girard 



Offshore seahorse A Hippocampus obtusus Ginsburg 



Dwarf seahorse A Hippocampus zosterae Jordan and Gilbert 



Fringed pipefish A Micrognathus crinigerus (Bean and Dresel) 



Insular pipefish A Micrognathus crinitus (Jenyns) 



Banded pipefish A Micrognathus vittatus (Kaup) 



Opossum pipefish A Oostethus lineatus (Kaup) 



Snubnose pipefish P Syngnathus arctus (Jenkins and Evermann) 



Barred pipefish P Syngnathus auliscus (Swain) 



Kelp pipefish P Syngnathus californiensis Storer 



Pugnose pipefish A Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar 



Shortfin pipefish A Syngnathus elucens Poey 



Dusky pipefish A Syngnathus floridae (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Northern pipefish A Syngnathus fuscus Storer 



Bay pipefish P Syngnathus griseolineatus Ayres 



Chain pipefish A Syngnathus louisianae Giinther 



Sargassum pipefish A Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus 



Gulf pipefish A Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann and Kendall) 



Bull pipefish A Syngnathus springeri Herald 



Order Lampridiformes (Allotriognathi) 



Lamprididae — opahs 



Opah A-P Lampris regius (Bonnaterre) 



