Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Syngnathiformes > Family Syngnathidae > Subfamily Hippocampinae > Genus Hippocampus

Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippocampus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lined seahorse sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Spanish, Castillian: caballito estriado sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Turkish: denizati

Literature

basis of record	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159445