WoRMS taxon details
Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
159445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159445)
accepted
Species
Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906 · unaccepted
Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906 · unaccepted
Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853 · unaccepted
Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · unaccepted
Hippocampus tetragonous (Mitchill, 1814) · unaccepted
Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
Syngnathus caballus Larrañaga, 1923 · unaccepted
Syngnathus tetragonous Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Perry, G. (1810). Ichthyology. <em>In: Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects... London.</em> 384 pp., 84 pls. v. 1: unnum. pp., unnum. pls. [Ichthyology on unnumbered pp. 83-84, 1 pl.]. [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia (rare), southward to Bermuda, the Bahamas, shores of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Lesser Antilles,...
Distribution Nova Scotia (rare), southward to Bermuda, the Bahamas, shores of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean coast of Panama, and Columbia, and the Atlantic coast of South America to Uruguay. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159445 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Perry, G. (1810). Ichthyology. <em>In: Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects... London.</em> 384 pp., 84 pls. v. 1: unnum. pp., unnum. pls. [Ichthyology on unnumbered pp. 83-84, 1 pl.]. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Feeds by sucking in small organisms, using its long face as a pipette [details]Distribution Nova Scotia (rare), southward to Bermuda, the Bahamas, shores of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean coast of Panama, and Columbia, and the Atlantic coast of South America to Uruguay. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Generally in coastal waters; often around man-made structures. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, aquarium [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | lined seahorse | [details] |
| Spanish | caballito estriado | [details] |
| Turkish | denizati | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (121 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus tetragonous (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus tetragonous Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus caballus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906)
To FishBase images (Hippocampus erectus, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 311 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3108801) (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus stylifer USNM 30876 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (121 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus tetragonous (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus tetragonous Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus caballus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906)
To FishBase images (Hippocampus erectus, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 311 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3108801) (from synonym Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippocampus stylifer USNM 30876 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To PESI
To ITIS
