Hippocampus

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 (59): H. abdominalis – H. alatus – H. algiricus – H. angustus – H. barbouri – H. bargibanti – H. biocellatus – H. borboniensis – H. breviceps – H. camelopardalis – H. capensis – H. casscsio – H. colemani – H. comes – H. coronatus – H. curvicuspis – H. debelius – H. denise – H. erectus – H. fisheri – H. fuscus – H. grandiceps – H. guttulatus – H. haema – H. hendriki – H. hippocampus – H. histrix – H. ingens – H. japapigu – H. jayakari – H. jugumus – H. kelloggi – H. kuda – H. lichtensteinii – H. minotaur – H. mohnikei – H. montebelloensis – H. multispinus – H. nalu – H. paradoxus – H. patagonicus – H. pontohi – H. procerus – H. pusillus – H. queenslandicus – H. ramulosus – H. reidi – H. satomiae – H. semispinosus – H. severnsi – H. sindonis – H. spinosissimus – H. subelongatus – H. trimaculatus – H. tyro – H. waleananus – H. whitei – H. zebra – H. zosterae

Name

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

Type species: Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810

Synonyms

Farlapiscis Whitley, 1931
Hippohystrix Whitley, 1940
Jamsus Ginsburg, 1937
Macleayina Fowler, 1907

References

Foster, R.; Gomon, M.F. 2010: A new seahorse (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from south-western Australia. Zootaxa, 2613: 61–68. Preview PDF
Han, S-Y., Kim, J-K., Kai, Y. & Senou, H. 2017. Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712: 113–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. Reference page.
Han, S-Y., Kim, J-K., Kai, Y. & Senou, H. 2018. Corrigenda: Han S-Y, Kim J-K, Kai Y, Senou H (2017) Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712: 113–139. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. ZooKeys 753: 169-170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.753.25599. Reference page.
Heard, J., Chen, J-P. & Wen, C.K.C. 2019. Citizen science yields first records of Hippocampus japapigu and Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Taiwan: A hotspot for pygmy seahorse diversity. ZooKeys, 883: 83–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.883.39662 Reference page.
Lourie, S.A.; Kuiter, R.H. 2008: Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). Zootaxa, 1963: 54–68. PDF
Lourie, S.A., Pollom, R.A. & Foster, S.J.. 2016. A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4146.1.1. Reference page.
Rafinesque, C. S., 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. 1: 3–69.
Reijnen, B.T.; van der Meij, S.E.T.; van Ofwegen, L.P. 2011: Fish, fans and hydroids: host species of pygmy seahorses. ZooKeys, 103: 1–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.103.953
Short, G., Claassens, L., Smith, R., de Brauwer, M., Hamilton, H., Stat, M. & Harasti, D. 2020. Hippocampus nalu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from South Africa, and the first record of a pygmy seahorse from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys, 934: 141–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.934.50924 Reference page.
Short, G., Smith, R., Motomura, H., Harasti, D. & Hamilton, H. 2018. Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 779: 27–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.779.24799 Reference page.
Silveira, R.B. et al. 2014: Morphological and molecular evidence for the occurrence of three Hippocampus species (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 3861(4): 317–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.2 Reference page.
Zhang, Y-H., Qin, G., Wang, X. & Lin, Q. 2016. A new species of seahorse (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4170(2): 384–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.11. Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Марскія конікі
Deutsch: Seepferdchen
English: Seahorse
español: Caballito de mar
eesti: Merihobuke
suomi: Merihevoset
français: Hippocampe
magyar: Csikóhalak, csikócák
italiano: Cavalluccio marino
日本語: タツノオトシゴ
português: Cavalo-marinho
ไทย: ม้าน้ำ
Tagalog: Kabayo-kabayohan
Türkçe: Denizatı
中文: 海馬

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