Animal Diversity Web

Histiogamphelus cristatus

Cocks-comb pipefish

(Also: Macleay's crested pipefish; Rhino pipefish; Spotted crested 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 Histiogamphelus
        
        Species Histiogamphelus cristatus (Cocks-comb pipefish)