Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Syngnathiformes > Family Syngnathidae > Subfamily Hippocampinae

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: seahorses sources: ITIS database

English-United States: seahorses sources: english PESI focal point

German: Seepferdchen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ιππόκαμποι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cavalluccio marino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: paprastieji jūrų arkliukai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sjøhester sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: koniki morskie; pławikoniki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морской конек sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: morski konjički sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський коник

Literature

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. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp.
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
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hippocampus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126224