Hippocampus denise

Hippocampus denise

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes Subordo: Syngnathoidei

Familia: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: Hippocampus denise

Name

• Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003

Holotype: MZB 10920. Paratypes: BPBM 38955 (3); MZB 10921 (1); USNM 368872-73 (1, 3), 370526 (1).

Type locality: Indonesia, Banta Island, Nusa Tenggara, 8°24'S, 119°17'E, depth 26 meters.

Vernacular names

English: Denise's pygmy seahorse

References

• Allen, G., Steene, R., Human, P. & Deloach, N., 2005: Reef Fish Identification. Tropical Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, USA & Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California, USA. ISBN 1-878348-36-1
• Foster, R., Bridge, T. C. L. & Bongaerts, P., 2012: The first record of Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Australia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 55–57.
• Lourie, S. A. & Randall, J. E., 2003: A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Studies, 42 (2): 284–291.