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There are 33 seahorse species recognised today

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

 

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