Animal Diversity Web

Solegnathus spinosissimus

Australian spiny pipehorse

(Also: Banded pipefish; Spiny Pipehorse; Spiny seadragon)

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 Solegnathus
        
        Species Solegnathus spinosissimus (Australian spiny pipehorse)