Outlook Online 2009
Table 4 Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for syngnathids found in the Great Barrier Reef
Disclaimer. Conservation status is according to IUCN categories and criteria.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
| Banded pipefish | Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus | Lower risk, least concern |
| Low-crown seahorse | Hippocampus dahli | Lower risk, near threatened |
| Winged seahorse | Hippocampus alatus | Data deficient |
| Gorgonian seahorse | Hippocampus bargibanti | Data deficient |
| Eastern spiny seahorse | Hippocampus hendriki | Data deficient |
| Highcrown seahorse | Hippocampus procerus | Data deficient |
| Queensland seahorse | Hippocampus queenslandicus | Data deficient |
| Common seahorse | Hippocampus taeniopterus | Data deficient |
| Zebra seahorse | Hippocampus zebra | Data deficient |
| Duncker’s pipefish | Solegnathus dunckeri | Data deficient |
| Pallid pipefish | Solegnathus hardwickii | Data deficient |
| Alligator pipefish | Syngnathoides biaculeatus | Data deficient |
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