WoRMS taxon details
Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
275184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275184)
accepted
Species
Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275184 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus algiricus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus algiricus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
