Seahorse Species
Genus Hippocampus
- Big-belly seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 (New Zealand and south and east Australia)
- Winged seahorse, Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001
- West African seahorse, Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
- Narrow-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870
- Barbour’s seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908
- Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 (West Pacific area (Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, etc)
- False-eyed seahorse, Hippocampus biocellatus Kuiter, 2001
- Réunion seahorse, Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870
- Short-head seahorse or knobby seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 (south and east Australia)
- Giraffe seahorse, Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
- Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900
- Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003
- Tiger tail seahorse, Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1850
- Crowned seahorse, Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
- Denise’s pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003
- Lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 (east coast of the Americas, between Nova Scotia and Uruguay)
- Fisher’s seahorse, Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903
- Sea pony, Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 (Indian Ocean)
- Big-head seahorse, Hippocampus grandiceps Kuiter, 2001
- Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
- Eastern spiny seahorse, Hippocampus hendriki Kuiter, 2001
- Short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean)
- Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 (Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and the Far East)
- Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858 (Pacific coast of North, Central and South America)
- Jayakar’s seahorse, Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900
- Collared seahorse, Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001
- Great seahorse, Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Spotted seahorse, Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
- Lichtenstein’s seahorse, Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856
- Bullneck seahorse, Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997
- Japanese seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1854
- Monte Bello seahorse, Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001
- Northern spiny seahorse, Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter, 2001
- High-crown seahorse, Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001
- Queensland seahorse, Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001
- Longsnout seahorse, Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 (Caribbean coral reefs)
- Half-spined seahorse, Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001
- Dhiho’s seahorse, Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Hedgehog seahorse, Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913
- West Australian seahorse, Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873
- Longnose seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
- White’s seahorse, Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 (east Australia)
- Zebra seahorse, Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964
- Dwarf seahorse, Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean)
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