Animal Diversity Web

Hippichthys spicifer

Banded freshwater pipefish

(Also: Belly-barred pipefish; Blue spotted 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 Hippichthys
        
        Species Hippichthys spicifer (Banded freshwater pipefish)