Syngnathids have bony plates that form an articulated armor to protect the body from injury, with holes for the fins, eyes, gills, and digestive tract.  Pipefishes are seahorses without curves.  They have tiny mouths to eat small invertebrates and fertilized eggs are transferred to a brood pouch on the male's belly for protection.

Dunckerocampus baldwini 

REDSTRIPE PIPEFISH

Doryrhamphus excisus

BLUESTRIPE PIPEFISH

Hippocampus hilonis 

HAWAIIAN SMOOTH SEAHORSE

GORGONIAN PYGMY SEAHORSE

DENISE'S PYGMY SEAHORSE

YELLOW-STREAKED PIPEFISH

RINGED PIPEFISH

MUSHROOM-CORAL PIPEFISH

PANAMIC SEAHORSE

LEAFY SEADRAGON

WEEDY or COMMON SEADRAGON

ORNATE GHOST PIPEFISH

ROBUST GHOST PIPEFISH

CORAL SHRIMPFISH

SHORT SEAMOTH