Micrognathus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Micrognathus crinitus - pone.0010676.g031.png

| image_caption = Micrognathus crinitus

| taxon = Micrognathus

| authority = Duncker, 1912

| type_species = Syngnathus brevirostris

| type_species_authority = Rüppell, 1838

}}

Micrognathus is a genus of pipefishes, with these currently recognized species:{{FishBase genus | genus = Micrognathus| month = October | year = 2012}}

• Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker, 1858) (shortnose pipefish)
• Micrognathus brevicorpus R. Fricke, 2004
• Micrognathus brevirostris (Rüppell, 1838)
• M. b. brevirostris (Rüppell, 1838) (thorntail pipefish)
• Micrognathus crinitus (Jenyns, 1842) (banded pipefish)
• Micrognathus erugatus Herald & C. E. Dawson, 1974
• Micrognathus micronotopterus (Fowler, 1938) (tidepool pipefish)
• Micrognathus natans C. E. Dawson, 1982 (offshore pipefish)
• Micrognathus pygmaeus Fritzsche, 1981