WoRMS taxon details
Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
275213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275213)
accepted
Species
Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933 · unaccepted
Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275213 on 2025-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272. [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (282 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus zosterae)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928)
To FishBase images (Hippocampus zosterae, USA, by Lourie, S.A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (52897 nucleotides; 43221 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus regulus P12879 illustration) (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus regulus P12880 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus zosterae)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928)
To FishBase images (Hippocampus zosterae, USA, by Lourie, S.A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (52897 nucleotides; 43221 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus regulus P12879 illustration) (from synonym Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus regulus P12880 illustration)
To ITIS
