Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Osteichthyes

Subclass Actinopterygii

Infraclass Teleostei

Superorder Acanthopterygii

Order Gasterosteiformes

Suborder Sygnathiformes

Family Sygnathidae

Subfamily Hippocampinae

Genus Hippocampus

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Species Links go to spawning report pages on our Web site for the species.

abdominalis Lesson, 1827

algiricus Kaup, 1856

angustus Günther, 1870

barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908

barbiganti Whitley, 1970

borboniensis Duméril, 1870

briveceps Peters, 1869

camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854

capensis Boulenger, 1900

comes Cantor, 1850

coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

erectus (Perry, 1810-11)

fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903

fuscus Rüppell, 1838

guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758

histrix Kaup, 1853

ingens Girard, 1859

jayakari Boulenger, 1900

kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1902

kuda Bleeker, 1852

lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856

minotaur Gomon, 1997

mohnikei Bleeker, 1854

reidi (Ginsberg, 1933)

sidonis Jordan & Snyder, 1902

spinosissimus Weber, 1913

subelongatus Castelnau, 1873

trimaculatus Leach, 1814

whitei Bleeker, 1855

zebra Whitley, 1964

zosterae Jordon & Gilbert, 1882

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