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Hippocampus
Rafinesque, 1810
- seahorse
(fish)
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Syngnathinae (Subfamily) - tail-brooding pipefishes
..Acentronura (Genus)
..Amphelikturus (Genus)
..Anarchopterus (Genus)
..Apterygocampus (Genus)
..Bhanotia (Genus)
..Bryx (Genus)
..Bulbonaricus (Genus)
..Campichthys (Genus)
..Corythoichthys (Genus)
..Cosmocampus (Genus)
..Cylix (Genus)
..Enneacampus (Genus)
..Festucalex (Genus)
..Filicampus (Genus)
..Halicampus (Genus)
..Haliichthys (Genus)
..Hippichthys (Genus)
..Histiogamphelus (Genus)
..Hypselognathus (Genus)
..Ichthyocampus (Genus)
..Idiotropiscis (Genus)
..Kaupus (Genus)
..Kimblaeus (Genus)
..Kyonemichthys (Genus)
..Leptonotus (Genus)
..Lissocampus (Genus)
..Micrognathus (Genus)
..Minyichthys (Genus)
..Mitotichthys (Genus)
..Nannocampus (Genus)
..Notiocampus (Genus)
..Penetopteryx (Genus)
..Phoxocampus (Genus)
..Phycodurus (Genus)
..Phyllopteryx (Genus)
..Pseudophallus (Genus)
..Pugnaso (Genus)
..Siokunichthys (Genus)
..Solegnathus (Genus)
..Stigmatopora (Genus)
..Stipecampus (Genus)
..Syngnathoides (Genus)
..Syngnathus (Genus) - pipefish
..Trachyrhamphus (Genus)
..Urocampus (Genus)
..Vanacampus (Genus)
..Hippocampus (Genus) - seahorse
....Hippocampus abdominalis (Species) - big-bellied seahorse
....Hippocampus alatus (Species)
....Hippocampus algiricus (Species) - West African seahorse
....Hippocampus angustus (Species) - narrow-bellied seahorse
....Hippocampus barbouri (Species) - Barbour's seahorse
....Hippocampus bargibanti (Species) - Bargibant's seahorse
....Hippocampus biocellatus (Species)
....Hippocampus bleekeri (Species)
....Hippocampus borboniensis (Species) - Réunion seahorse
....Hippocampus breviceps (Species) - knobby seahorse
....Hippocampus camelopardalis (Species) - giraffe seahorse
....Hippocampus capensis (Species) - Cape seahorse
....Hippocampus colemani (Species)
....Hippocampus comes (Species)
....Hippocampus coronatus (Species) - crowned seahorse
....Hippocampus curvicuspis (Species)
....Hippocampus dahli (Species)
....Hippocampus debelius (Species) - soft-coral seahorse
....Hippocampus denise (Species)
....Hippocampus erectus (Species) - lined seahorse
....Hippocampus fisheri (Species) - Fisher's seahorse
....Hippocampus fuscus (Species) - sea pony
....Hippocampus grandiceps (Species)
....Hippocampus guttulatus (Species) - long-snouted seahorse
....Hippocampus hendriki (Species)
....Hippocampus hippocampus (Species) - short-snouted seahorse
....Hippocampus histrix (Species) - spiny seahorse
....Hippocampus ingens (Species) - Pacific seahorse
....Hippocampus jayakari (Species) - Jayakar's seahorse
....Hippocampus jugumus (Species)
....Hippocampus kampylotrachelos (Species)
....Hippocampus kelloggi (Species) - great seahorse
....Hippocampus kuda (Species)
....Hippocampus lichtensteinii (Species) - Lichtenstein's Seahorse
....Hippocampus minotaur (Species) - bullneck seahorse
....Hippocampus mohnikei (Species) - Japanese seahorse
....Hippocampus moluccensis (Species)
....Hippocampus montebelloensis (Species)
....Hippocampus multispinus (Species)
....Hippocampus patagonicus (Species)
....Hippocampus planifrons (Species)
....Hippocampus polytaenia (Species)
....Hippocampus pontohi (Species) - Pontoh's pygmy seahorse
....Hippocampus procerus (Species)
....Hippocampus pusillus (Species)
....Hippocampus queenslandicus (Species)
....Hippocampus reidi (Species) - longsnout seahorse
....Hippocampus satomiae (Species) - Satomi's pygmy seahorse
....Hippocampus semispinosus (Species)
....Hippocampus severnsi (Species) - Severns's pygmy seahorse
....Hippocampus sindonis (Species) - Dhiho's seahorse
....Hippocampus spinosissimus (Species) - hedgehog seahorse
....Hippocampus subelongatus (Species) - tiger snout seahorse
....Hippocampus taeniopterus (Species)
....Hippocampus trimaculatus (Species) - three-spotted seahorse
....Hippocampus tristis (Species)
....Hippocampus tuberculatus (Species)
....Hippocampus waleananus (Species) - Walea pygmy seahorse
....Hippocampus whitei (Species) - White's seahorse
....Hippocampus zebra (Species) - zebra seahorse
....Hippocampus zosterae (Species) - dwarf seahorse
Authorship
Original name
:
Rafinesque, 1810. Car. n. gen., 18.
Types
Type of
:
Hippocampinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 313.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Farlapiscus
(Genus)
Whitley, 1931
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 Sep 2019.
Synonymous name
:
Hippohystrix
(Genus)
Whitley, 1940
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 Sep 2019.
Including
:
Hippocampus fasciatus
Kaup, 1856
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus gigas
Duméril, 1870, nom. nud.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus jubatus
de la Pylaie, 1835, nom. nud.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus obscurus
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1856, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus pentagonus
Ginsburg, 1937, nom. null.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus ringens
Jordan & Evermann, 1905, nom. nud.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus rondeletii
Willughby
ex
Yarrell, 1841, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus rosaceus
Risso, 1827
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Including
:
Hippocampus sexmaculatus
Schlegel
ex
Kaup, 1856, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zeepaardjes
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
seahorse
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 686.
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026