Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Alternative combination: Siphonostoma albyi
Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26
Belongs to Syngnathus according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant and Courme 2014, Gaudant et al. 2005, Gaudant et al. 2006, Sauvage 1870 and Sauvage 1873
Sister taxa: Syngnathus altus, Syngnathus avus, Syngnathus breviculus, Syngnathus californiensis, Syngnathus carinatus, Syngnathus emeritus, Syngnathus euchrous, Syngnathus incertus, Syngnathus incompletus, Syngnathus insulae, Syngnathus leptorhynchus, Syngnathus macrobrachium, Syngnathus opisthopterus, Siphostoma auliscus, Siphostoma exile
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Cyprus (1 collection), Greece (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Cyprus (1), Greece (5), Italy (10)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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