Species
There are currently 54 recognized species in this genus:
- Hippocampus abdominalis (Big-belly seahorse)
- Hippocampus alatus (Winged seahorse)
- Hippocampus algiricus (West African seahorse)
- Hippocampus angustus (Narrow-bellied seahorse)
- Hippocampus barbouri (Barbour's seahorse)
- Hippocampus bargibanti (Pygmy seahorse)
- Hippocampus biocellatus (False-eyed seahorse)
- Hippocampus borboniensis (Réunion seahorse)
- Hippocampus breviceps (Short-headed seahorse)
- Hippocampus camelopardalis (Giraffe seahorse)
- Hippocampus capensis (Knysna seahorse)
- Hippocampus colemani
- Hippocampus comes (Tiger tail seahorse)
- Hippocampus coronatus (Crowned seahorse)
- Hippocampus curvicuspis (New Caledonian thorny seahorse)
- Hippocampus debelius (Softcoral seahorse)
- Hippocampus denise (Denise's pygmy seahorse)
- Hippocampus erectus (Lined seahorse)
- Hippocampus fisheri (Fisher's seahorse)
- Hippocampus fuscus (Sea pony)
- Hippocampus grandiceps (Big-head seahorse)
- Hippocampus guttulatus (Long-snouted seahorse)
- Hippocampus hendriki (Eastern spiny seahorse)
- Hippocampus hippocampus (Short-snouted seahorse)
- Hippocampus histrix (Spiny seahorse)
- Hippocampus ingens (Pacific seahorse)
- Hippocampus jayakari (Jayakar's seahorse)
- Hippocampus jugumus (Collared seahorse)
- Hippocampus kelloggi (Great seahorse)
- Hippocampus kuda (Spotted seahorse)
- Hippocampus lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's seahorse)
- Hippocampus minotaur (Bullneck seahorse)
- Hippocampus mohnikei (Japanese seahorse)
- Hippocampus montebelloensis (Monte Bello seahorse)
- Hippocampus multispinus (Northern spiny seahorse)
- Hippocampus paradoxus (Paradoxical seahorse)
- Hippocampus patagonicus
- Hippocampus pontohi
- Hippocampus procerus (High-crown seahorse)
- Hippocampus pusillus (Pygmy thorny seahorse)
- Hippocampus queenslandicus (Queensland seahorse)
- Hippocampus reidi (Longsnout seahorse)
- Hippocampus satomiae (Satomi's pygmy seahorse)
- Hippocampus semispinosus (Half-spined seahorse)
- Hippocampus severnsi
- Hippocampus sindonis (Dhiho's seahorse)
- Hippocampus spinosissimus (Hedgehog seahorse)
- Hippocampus subelongatus (West Australian seahorse)
- Hippocampus trimaculatus (Longnose seahorse)
- Hippocampus tyro
- Hippocampus waleananus (Walea Pygmy seahorse)
- Hippocampus whitei (White's seahorse)
- Hippocampus zebra (Zebra seahorse)
- Hippocampus zosterae (Dwarf seahorse)
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