Hippocampus hippocampus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127380 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Teleostei
family: Syngnathidae
genus: Hippocampus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Cloquet, H. (1816-30). Pisces accounts. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Volumes 1-60. [Initials after accounts correspond to authors given in Vol. 1; fish accounts by Lacepède (L. L.), Duméril (C. D.), Daudin (F. M. D.) and Cloquet (H. C.)]. [Dates for volumes are given by Cassini 1834, Opuscles Phytologiques, p. 47.].
name published in: Ginsburg, I. (1933). Descriptions of five new species of seahorses. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 23 (12): 560-563.
name published in: Leach, W. E. ; Nodder, R. P. (1814). The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. The zoological miscellany. E. Nodder & Son, London. v. 1-3: 1-144, 1-160, 1-151, 149 pls. [Pls. 1-50 (v. 1), 51-120 (v. 2), 121-149 (v. 3)].
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20.
name published in: Schinz, H. R. (1822). Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Mit vielen Zusätzenversehen von H. R. Schinz. Cotta, Stuttgart & Tübingen. v. 2: i-xvi + 1-835.
name published in year: 1816-30
name published in year: 1933
name published in year: 1814
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1810
name published in year: 1822
order: Syngnathiformes
parent name usage ID: 126224
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: hippocampus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted