†subfamily Pshekhagnathinae Bannikov et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov, G. Carnevale, and Y. A. Popov. 2017. An extraordinary pipefish (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) with fully developed anal fin from the Oligocene of the North Caucasus (SW Russia). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 56(1):79-88
Parent taxon: Syngnathidae according to A. F. Bannikov et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hippocampus, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Prosolenostomus, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli
Subtaxa: Pshekhagnathus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pshekhagnathinae in the database