Species: Syngnathus makaxi, Yucatan pipe fish, Yucatan pipefish

Syngnathus makaxi Herald & Dawson, 1972

Yucatan pipe fish

Snout moderate length and depth; narrow bar of bone in front of eye; no ridge above operculum, or along side of snout; ridges along top of snout and  head low; opercular ridge, only on front 1/2 of opercle in adults; body and front part of tail slender; dorsal fin 22-27, fin origin on trunk, well before anus; anal fin 2-4; pectoral fin 10-13, fin short; no pelvic fins; tail fin 10; ridge along side of body ends under dorsal fin, not joining that along side of tail; upper ridge of body discontinuous with that of tail just behind dorsal fin; ridges along bottom of body and tail joined; trunk rings 14-15; tail rings 30-32; no skin flaps; brood pouch under tail, its plates folded inwards.