There are 33 seahorse
species known today:
Original Name, Common Name, Author and Year Discovered
1. Hippocampus abdominalis, Big Belly Seahorse, Lesson 1827
2. Hippocampus algiricus, West African Seahorse, Kaup 1856
3. Hippocampus angustus, Narrow Bellied Seahorse, Gunther 1870
4. Hippocampus barbouri, Barbour’s Seahorse. Jordan and Richardson 1908
5. Hippocampus bargibanti, Pygmy Seahorse, Whitely 1970
6. Hippocampus borboneinsis, Reunion Seahorse, Dumeril 1870
7. Hippocampus breviceps, Short-head Seahorse, Peters 1869
8. Hippocampus camelopardalis, Giraffe Seahorse, Bianconi 1854
9. Hippocampus capensis, Knysna Seahorse, Boulenger 1900
10.Hippocampus comes, Tigertail Seahorse, Cantor 1850
11. Hippocampus coronatus, No Common Name, Temminck and Schlegel 1850
12. Hippocampus denise, Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse, Lourie and Randall 2003
13. Hippocampus erectus, Lined Seahorse, Perry 1810-1811
14. Hippocampus fisheri, Fisher’s Seahorse, Jordan and Evermann 1903
15. Hippocampus fuscus, Sea Pony, Ruppell 1838
16. Hippocampus guttulatus, Long Snouted Seahorse, Cuvier 1829
17. Hippocampus hippocampus, Short Snouted Seahorse, Linnaeus 1758
18. Hippocampus histrix, Thorny Seahorse, Kaup 1856
19. Hippocampus ingens, Pacific Seahorse, Girard 1858
20. Hippocampus jayakari, Jayakar’s Seahourse, Boulenger 1900
21. Hippocampus kelloggi, Great Seahorse, Jordan and Snyder 1901
22. Hippocampus kuda, Spotted Seahorse, Bleeker 1852
23. Hippocampus lichtenstenii, Lichenstein’s Seahorse, Kaup 1856
24. Hippocampus minotaur, Bullneck Seahorse, Gomon 1997
25. Hippocampus mohnikei, Japanese Seahorse, Bleeker 1854
26. Hippocampus reidi, Longsnout Seahorse, Ginsburg 1933
27. Hippocampus sindonis, Dhiho’s Seahorse, Jordan and Snyder 1901
28. Hippocampus spinosissimus, Hedgehog Seahorse, Weber 1913
29. Hippocampus subelongatus, West Australian Seahorse, Castelnau 1873
30. Hippocampus trimaculatus, Longnose Seahorse, Leach 1814
31. Hippocampus whitei, White’s Seahorse, Bleeker 1855
32. Hippocampus zebra, Zebra Seahorse, Whitley 1964
33. Hippocampus zosterae, Dwarf Seahorse, Jordan and Gilbert 1882