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Giant Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Giant Seahorse

Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858

Hippocampus ingens (Pacific seahorse) is a large, CITES-listed threatened seahor…

Jayakar's Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Jayakar's Seahorse

Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900

Jayakar's seahorse (Hippocampus jayakari) is a Western Indian Ocean coastal syng…

Great Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Great Seahorse

Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Hippocampus kelloggi, the great seahorse, is a vulnerable Indo-Pacific seahorse …

Weedy Pygmy Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Weedy Pygmy Seahorse

Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008

Hippocampus pontohi, the weedy pygmy seahorse, is a tiny seahorse found on Indo-…

Longsnout Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Longsnout Seahorse

Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933

Hippocampus reidi, the slender seahorse, is a marine fish at risk of endangermen…

Queensland Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Queensland Seahorse

Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913

Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 is an ovoviviparous seahorse that lives in…

West Australian Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

West Australian Seahorse

Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873

This is a summary of the endemic Australian fish species Hippocampus subelongatu…

Three-spot Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Three-spot Seahorse

Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814

Hippocampus trimaculatus is a vulnerable seahorse found in Asian and Australian …

White's Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

White's Seahorse

Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855

Hippocampus whitei is a small pipefish species with specific habitat preferences…

Dwarf Seahorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Dwarf Seahorse

Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Hippocampus zosterae, the dwarf seahorse, is a small western Atlantic seahorse w…

Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse
Animalia Syngnathidae

Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse

Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949

Acentronura breviperula is a small pygmy pipehorse species in the Syngnathidae f…

Redbanded Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Redbanded Pipefish

Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall, 1975

Corythoichthys amplexus, the brown-banded pipefish, is a widespread Indo-West Pa…

Network Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Network Pipefish

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838)

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus is a striped reef pipefish species found across tr…

Reeftop Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Reeftop Pipefish

Corythoichthys haematopterus (Bleeker, 1851)

Corythoichthys haematopterus (messmate pipefish) is a strictly monogamous pipefi…

Orange-spotted Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Orange-spotted Pipefish

Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald, 1953

Corythoichthys ocellatus is a small western Pacific marine pipefish where males …

Schultz's Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Schultz's Pipefish

Corythoichthys schultzi Herald, 1953

Corythoichthys schultzi, or Schultz's pipefish, is an ovoviviparous Indo-Pacific…

Messmate Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Messmate Pipefish

Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay, 1881)

Corythoichthys intestinalis, the scribbled pipefish, is a small Indo-Pacific mar…

Shortfin Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Shortfin Pipefish

Cosmocampus elucens (Poey, 1868)

Cosmocampus elucens, shortfin/Poey's pipefish, is a western Atlantic ovoviviparo…

Girdled Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Girdled Pipefish

Festucalex cinctus (Ramsay, 1882)

Festucalex cinctus, the girdled pipefish, is an endemic Australian marine pipefi…

Tiger Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Tiger Pipefish

Filicampus tigris (Castelnau, 1879)

The tiger pipefish (Filicampus tigris) is the only member of its genus, a marine…

Winged pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Winged pipefish

Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber, 1915

Halicampus macrorhynchus, the ornate pipefish, is a small camouflaged pipefish f…

Crested Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Crested Pipefish

Histiogamphelus briggsii McCulloch, 1914

Histiogamphelus briggsii is an ovoviviparous marine pipefish species found in sh…

Rhino Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Rhino Pipefish

Histiogamphelus cristatus (Macleay, 1881)

Histiogamphelus cristatus, or Macleay's crested pipefish, is a Sygnathidae marin…

Thread Pipefish
Animalia Syngnathidae

Thread Pipefish

Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon, 2007

Kyonemichthys rumengani, the thread pipefish, is the only member of its genus of…