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 > Genus Hippocampus

Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippocampus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hippocampus ramulosus*	Leach, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Breton: marc'h hegour; marc'h vor sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Dutch: langsnuitzeepaardje

English: long-snouted seahorse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: hippocampe sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

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

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

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

Polish: pławikonik sargassowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: căluţ de mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: caballito de mar mediterráneo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Ukrainian: Морський коник; Морський коник довгорилий; Морський коник європейський

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase
FishBase images (Hippocampus guttulatus, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829. 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:154776