Scientific Name: Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1854 Common Name(s): Japanese seahorse; kitano-umi-uma and sangotatsu (Japan) Synonyms: Hippocampus japonicus Kaup, 1856 (synonym); Hippocampus monckei Bleeker, 1854 (synonym); Hippocampus monickei Bleeker, 1854 (synonym); Hippocampus monikei Bleeker, 1854 (synonym)