GASTEROSTEIFORMES - Stickleback, Pipefish & Seahorses

SUBPHYLUM: Vertebrata
	SUPERCLASS: Gnathostomata
		GRADE: Teleostomi
			CLASS: Actinopterygii
				SUBCLASS: Neopterygii
					DIVISION: Teleostei
						SUBDIVISION: Euteleostei
							SUPERORDER: Acanthopterygii
								SERIES: Percomorpha
									ORDER: Gasterosteiformes

Sticklebacks, Pipefish and Seahorses
	1. Generally characterized by having either complete bony 
	  armor or lateral bony plates
	2. Often they have a small mouth at the end of a tubular snout

Lab Representative
•Family: Gastrosteidae
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•Family: Syngnathidae
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Taxonomic Hierarchy