World Register of Deep-Sea species - Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

Deep-Sea taxon details

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

AphiaID

126224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126224)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Syngnathinae Bonaparte, 1831

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Species Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Species Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933
Species Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853 accepted as Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 18 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126224 on 2026-08-18

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126224 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-08-22 12:14:26Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-05-02 16:34:23Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-10-05 22:36:30Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 18 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
English	seahorses	[details]
German	Seepferdchen	[details]
Italian	cavalluccio marino	[details]
Japanese	タツノオトシゴ属	[details]
Lithuanian	paprastieji jūrų arkliukai	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Ιππόκαμποι	[details]
Norwegian	sjøhester	[details]
Polish	pławikonikikoniki morskie	[details]
Russian	морской конек	[details]
Slovenian	morski konjički	[details]
Turkish	denizatı	[details]
Ukrainian	Морський коник	[details]