The IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon Specialist Group (SPS SG) is dedicated to the conservation of seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses and seadragons— as well as related species such as trumpetfishes, cornetfishes, and shrimpfishes
IUCN Red List Status of the Syngnathiformes
Family | Critically Endangered (CR) | Endangered (EN) | Vulnerable (VU) | Near Threatened (NT) | Least Concern (LC) | Data Deficient (DD) |
Aulostomidae (Trumpetfish) | 3 | |||||
Centriscidae (Snipefish, Shrimpfish, Razorfish,Bellowfish) | 8 | 3 | ||||
Fistulariidae (Cornetfish) | 4 | |||||
Solenstomidae (Ghost pipefish) | 3 | 1 | ||||
Syngnathidae (Seahorses, Pipefishes, Pipehorses, Seadragons) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 165 | 93 |
IUCN Red List Status of the Family Syngnathidae
Critically Endangered (CR) | Endangered (EN) | Vulnerable (VU) | Near Threatened (NT) | Least Concern (LC) | Data Deficient (DD) | |
Seahorses* | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 17 | |
Pipefishes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 69 |
Pipehorses | 5 | 6 | ||||
Seadragons | 2 | 1 |
*Note: Currently, there are 46 recognised species of seahorse- four newly described species (H. haema, H. japapigu, H. nalu and H. waleananus) have not yet been evaluated on the IUCN Red List.
Photo credits: Banner image of Hedgehog seahorse (Hippocampus spinosissimus) by Luc Eeckhaut / Guylian Seahorses of the World. Other images: Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) and rainbow wrasse (Coris julis), Croatia, Plavnik. Photo by Lars Reichenbach / Guylian Seahorses of the World. Network pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus). Photo by Richard Smith / Ocean Realm Images