Animal Diversity Web

Heraldia nocturna

Upside-down pipefish

(Also: Western upside-down pipefish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Syngnathiformes
        
        Family Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses)
        
        Genus Heraldia
        
        Species Heraldia nocturna (Upside-down pipefish)