Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Syngnathiformes > Family Syngnathidae > Subfamily Hippocampinae

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810
Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: seahorses sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

German: Seepferdchen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Italian: cavalluccio marino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: タツノオトシゴ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian: sjøhester sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: koniki morskie; pławikoniki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морской конек sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Ukrainian: Морський коник

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20.
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126224