Aulostomoidei

Aulostomoidei is a suborder of the order Syngnathiformes, which also contains groups such as the seahorses, pipefishes and dragonets.

Classification
There are two superfamilies within the Aulostomoidei and they are:


 * Superfamily Aulostomoidea
 * Family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)
 * Family Fistularidae (cornetfishes)
 * Superfamily Centriscoidea
 * Family Macroramphosidae (snipefishes)
 * Family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)
 * Family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

Other authorities subsume the Aulostomoidea, as well as the Centriscidae (including Macroramphosus), into the "long-snouted clade" which makes up the suborder Syngnathoidei while placing the Dactylopteridae in the "benthic clade".