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Seahorses of the World

A guide to the 47 species of Seahorses of the World

Barbour's Seahorse 1
Hippocampus barbouri
Bargibant's Seahorse 2
Hippocampus bargibanti
Bullneck Seahorse
Hippocampus minotaur
Coleman's Pygmy Seahorse 3
Hippocampus colemani
Collared Seahorse
Hippocampus jugumus
Common Sea Horse 4
Hippocampus kuda
Crowned Seahorse 5
Hippocampus coronatus
Denise's Pygmy Seahorse 2
Hippocampus denise
Dwarf Seahorse 6
Hippocampus zosterae
Dwarf Thorny Seahorse
Hippocampus pusillus
False‐eyed Seahorse
Hippocampus biocellatus
Fisher's Seahorse 7
Hippocampus fisheri
Giant Seahorse 7
Hippocampus ingens
Giraffe Seahorse 8
Hippocampus camelopardalis
Great Seahorse 9
Hippocampus kelloggi
Hedgehog Seahorse 10
Hippocampus spinosissimus
High‐crown Seahorse
Hippocampus procerus
Hippocampus patagonicus 11
Hippocampus pontohi 12
Hippocampus satomiae 13
Hippocampus severnsi 14
Hippocampus tyro
Hippocampus waleananus
Japanese Seahorse 7
Hippocampus mohnikei
Jayakar's Seahorse 15
Hippocampus jayakari
Knysna Seahorse 16
Hippocampus capensis
Lichtenstein's Seahorse
Hippocampus lichtensteinii
Long-snouted Seahorse 17
Hippocampus guttulatus
Longsnout Seahorse 18
Hippocampus reidi
Monte Bello Seahorse
Hippocampus montebelloensis
Narrow-bellied Seahorse
Hippocampus angustus
New Holland Seahorse 19
Hippocampus whitei
Northern Seahorse 20
Hippocampus erectus
Pot-bellied Seahorse
Hippocampus abdominalis
Réunion Seahorse 21
Hippocampus borboniensis
Sea Pony
Hippocampus fuscus
Shiho's Seahorse 22
Hippocampus sindonis
Short-snouted Seahorse 23
Hippocampus hippocampus
Short-snouted Seahorse 24
Hippocampus breviceps
Softcoral Seahorse
Hippocampus debelius
Spiny Seahorse 25
Hippocampus histrix
Three-spot Seahorse 9
Hippocampus trimaculatus
Tiger Tail Seahorse 26
Hippocampus comes
West African Seahorse 27
Hippocampus algiricus
West Australian Seahorse 28
Hippocampus subelongatus
Winged Seahorse
Hippocampus alatus
Zebra Seahorse 29
Hippocampus zebra

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