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

Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippocampus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kali i detit turishkurtër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Breton: marc'h hegour sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: cavall de mar xato sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: kortsnudet søhest sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kortsnuitzeepaardje sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: short-snouted seahorse sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Seahorse; Short-snouted Seahorse sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: itsas zaldi muturmotza

French: cheval marin; hippocampe; hippocampe à museau court; hippocampe à nez court; hippocampe commum sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Louisy P., 2002 - Guide d'identification des poissons marins - Europe et Méditerranée, Ulmer ed, 430 p;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

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

Israel (Hebrew): סוסון-ים ים-תיכוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Portuguese: cavalo-marinho

Romanian: căluţ de mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: длиннорылый европейский морской конек ; Морской конек длиннорылый sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

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

Spanish, Castillian: caballito de mar común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: deniz atı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський коник довгорилий ; Морський коник короткорилий

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (125 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:127380