Ταξινομία:

Kingdom-Βασίλειο:

Animal

Phylum-Φύλο:

Chordata

Subphylum-Υποφύλο:

Vertebrata

Superclass-Υπερομοταξία:

Gnathostomata

Class-Ομοταξία:

Osteichthyes

Subclass-Υφομοταξία:

Actinopterygii

Infraclass-Ανθυφομοταξία:

Teleostei

Superorder-Υπερτάξη:

Atherinomorpha

Order-Τάξη:

Gasterosteiformes

Suborder-Υποτάξη:

Syngnathoidei

Family-Οικογένεια:

Syngnathidae

Genus-Γένος:

Species-Είδος:

Hippocampus

Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 (New Zealand and south and east Australia)

Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856

Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870

Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908

Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 (West Pacific area ,Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, etc)

Hippocampus biocellatus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870

Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 (south and east Australia)

Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854

Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900

Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003

Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1850

Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003

Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810(east coast of the Americas, between Nova Scotia andUruguay)

Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903

Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838(Indian Ocean)

Hippocampus grandiceps Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

Hippocampus hendriki Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean)

Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856(Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and the Far East)

Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858(Pacific coast of North, Central andSouth America)

Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900

Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852

Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856

Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997

Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1854

Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001

Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933(Caribbean coral reefs)

Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001

Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913

Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873

Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814

Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855(east Australia)

Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964

Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882