WoRMS taxon details
Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964
275212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275212)
accepted
Species
Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1964). Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 26 (5): 145-195, Pls. 8-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.26.1964.673 [details]
Taxonomic remark Hippocampus montebelloensis could be a valid sibling species. See the taxonomic remark under that species.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275212 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1964). Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 26 (5): 145-195, Pls. 8-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.26.1964.673 [details]
original description (of Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1350 [details]
original description (of Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1350 [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
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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]
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
