Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Syngnathiformes: family
Syngnathidae: genus
Syngnathus: species
Syngnathus acus

Name

Synonyms: Dermatostethus punctipinnis Gill, 1862; Sygnathus acus (Linnaeus, 1758); Syngnathus alternans Günther, 1870; Syngnathus brachyrhynchus Kaup, 1856; Syngnathus delalandi Kaup, 1856; Syngnathus punctipinnis (Gill, 1862); Syngnathus rubescens Risso, 1810; Syngnathus temminckii Kaup, 1856; Typhle heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810
Homonyms: Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758; Syngnathus acus Retzius, 1800
Common names: Ac de mare in Romanian; Acu de Mari in Italian; Aguggia in Italian; Aguglia Burda in Italian; Aguja de Mar in Spanish; Aguja de mar in Spanish; Aiguille de mer in French; Aiguille de mer in English; Angusigolo Bastardo in Italian; Angusigolo Salvadega in Italian; Augghia i Ramigna in Italian; Augghiedda 'i Mari in Italian; Balin·ne in language.; Buonanova in Italian; Common Pipefish in English; Common pipefish in English; Deniziğnesi Baliği in Turkish; Gjilperez in Albanian; Gjilperez in Albanian; Grand syngnathe in French; Great pipefish in English; Greater Pipefish in English; Greater pipefish in English; Greater pipefish in English; Gremxula in Maltese; Gremxula in Maltese; Gremxula Tal-bahar in Maltese; Gremxula Tal-bahar Hoxna in Maltese; Gremxula tal-bahar in Maltese; Gremxula tal-bahar hoxna in Maltese; Grongu d'Alaga in Italian; Grosse Seenadel in German; Grote zeenaald in Dutch; Große Seenadel in German; H'is'ân Saghyr in Arabic; Horn-eel in English; Iglicznia wielka in Polish; Iglicznia większa in Polish; Iglik in Polish; Isoneula in Finnish; Kantnål in Norwegian; Langsnoet-pypvis in Afrikaans; Longsnout Pipefish in English; Marinha-comum in Portuguese; Marinha-comum in Portuguese; Mula in Catalan–Valencian; Needle-fish in English; Pesce ago in Italian; Pez pipa in Spanish; Pibellau Môr Mawr in Welsh

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