WoRMS taxon details

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

126224  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126224)

accepted
Genus
Hippocamphus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
Species Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870
Species Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908
Species Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970
Species Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870
Species Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869
Species Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
Species Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900
Species Hippocampus casscsio Zhang, Qin, Wang & Lin, 2016
Species Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003
Species Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849
Species Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Species Hippocampus curvicuspis Fricke, 2004
Species Hippocampus debelius Gomon & Kuiter, 2009
Species Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003
Species Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Species Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Species Hippocampus grandiceps Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
Species Hippocampus haema Han, Kim, Kai & Senou, 2017
Species Hippocampus hendriki Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858
Species Hippocampus japapigu Short, Smith, Motomura, Harasti & Hamilton, 2018
Species Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900
Species Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Species Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997
Species Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853
Species Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus nalu Short, Claassens, Smith, De Brauwer, Hamilton, Stat & Harasti, 2020
Species Hippocampus paradoxus Foster & Gomon, 2010
Species Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004
Species Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877
Species Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008
Species Hippocampus pusillus Fricke, 2004
Species Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001
Species Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933
Species Hippocampus satomiae Lourie & Kuiter, 2008
Species Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001
Species Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Species Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913
Species Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873
Species Hippocampus suezensis Duncker, 1940
Species Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus tyro Randall & Lourie, 2009
Species Hippocampus waleananus Gomon & Kuiter, 2009
Species Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855
Species Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964
Species Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Species Hippocampus agnesae Fowler, 1907 accepted as Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
Species Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916 accepted as Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 (pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species)
Species Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916 accepted as Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908 (pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species)
Species Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, 1814 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Hippocampus antiquus Risso, 1827 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916 accepted as Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 (misspelling, pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species)
Species Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916 accepted as Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908 (misspelling, pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species)
Species Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus bicuspis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 (ambiguous synonym)
Species Hippocampus biocellatus Kuiter, 2001 accepted as Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877
Species Hippocampus bleekeri Fowler, 1907 accepted as Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
Species Hippocampus brachyrhynchus Duncker, 1914 accepted as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Species Hippocampus brevirostris Schinz, 1822 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus cameleopardalis Bianconi, 1854 accepted as Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus cameleopardalus Bianconi, 1854 accepted as Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus dahli Ogilby, 1908 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus deanei Duméril, 1861 accepted as Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus ecuadorensis Fowler, 1922 accepted as Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858
Species Hippocampus elongatus Castelnau, 1873 accepted as Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873
Species Hippocampus erinaceus Günther, 1870 accepted as Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870
Species Hippocampus europaeus Ginsburg, 1933 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
Species Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus filamentosus Duméril, 1870 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 (ambiguous synonym)
Species Hippocampus graciliformis McCulloch, 1911 accepted as Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
Species Hippocampus gracilis Gill, 1862 accepted as Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858
Species Hippocampus gracilissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Hippocampus hildebrandi Ginsburg, 1933 accepted as Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858
Species Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus horai Duncker, 1926 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus hystrix Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus japonicus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853
Species Hippocampus kampylotrachelos Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus kaupii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus lenis De Vis, 1908 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus longirostris Schinz, 1822 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
Species Hippocampus manadensis Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus mannulus Cantor, 1849 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus melanospilos Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus monckei Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus monickei Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus monikei Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus natalensis von Bonde, 1923 accepted as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Species Hippocampus novaehebudorum Fowler, 1944 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus novaehollandae Steindachner, 1866 accepted as Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1866 accepted as Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855
Species Hippocampus obscurus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Species Hippocampus obscurus Ehrenberg, 1871 accepted as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Species Hippocampus obtusus Ginsburg, 1933 accepted as Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933
Species Hippocampus pentagonus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Species Hippocampus poeyi Howell Rivero, 1934 accepted as Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933
Species Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001 accepted as Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855
Species Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus punctulatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
Species Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus ramulosus Leach, 1814 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 (Synonym)
Species Hippocampus regulus Ginsburg, 1933 accepted as Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Hippocampus rhynchomacer Duméril, 1870 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus rosamondae Borodin, 1928 accepted as Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Hippocampus severnsi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 accepted as Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 (synonym)
Species Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus subcoronatus Günther, 1866 accepted as Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
Species Hippocampus taeniops Fowler, 1904 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus takakurae Tanaka, 1916 accepted as Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
Species Hippocampus tetragonous (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Species Hippocampus tuberculatus Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869
Species Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus vulgaris Cloquet, 1821 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126224 on 2023-06-06
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-08-22 12:14:26Z
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2013-03-11 12:13:38Z
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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
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German Seepferdchen  [details]
Italian cavalluccio marino  [details]
Japanese タツノオトシゴ属  [details]
Lithuanian paprastieji jūrų arkliukai  [details]
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Polish pławikonikikoniki morskie  [details]
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