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Hippocampus hippocampus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- short-snouted seahorse
(fish)
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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 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
..Hippocampus hippocampus (Species) - short-snouted seahorse
Authorship
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 338.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Combinations
Basionym
:
Syngnathus hippocampus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus antiquorum
Leach, in Leach & Nodder, 1814
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus antiquus
Risso, 1827
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus brevirostris
Schinz, 1822
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus europaeus
Ginsburg, 1933
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus heptagonus
Rafinesque, 1810
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name
:
Hippocampus vulgaris
Cloquet, 1821, nom. illeg.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 13 Mar 2009.
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Hippocampus pentagonus
Ginsburg, 1937, nom. null.
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kortsnuitzeepaardje
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
:
zeepaardje
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
short-snouted seahorse
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