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Species that contain: Hippocampus and kuda [ 20 ] records

aterrimus, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:14, Pl. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1241); ref. 2510] Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6516. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6737 (3), USNM 49811 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Kim & Lee 1995:77 [ref. 22284]). •Synonym of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853 -- (Kuiter 2009:115 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

borboniensis, Hippocampus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:520 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9206. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:53 [ref. 19576]. Based on specimens and literature source. •Synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855 -- (Fricke 1999:152 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril 1870 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:79 [ref. 23993], Fricke et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:114 [ref. 30404] misspelled borboriensis, Lourie 2016:109 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:124 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:133 [ref. 37020], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 20 [ref. 39142], Moots 2022:466 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril 1870. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique (East Africa) to Seychelles, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Maldives; Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

brachyrhynchus, Hippocampus Duncker [G.] 1914:295 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 10 (pt 5, art. 18); ref. 14148] India. Syntypes: ZSI F8508 (9), ?F8539/1 (1) Rambha Bay, F14299 (1) Mekran Coast. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:140 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Hippocampus brachyrhynchus Duncker 1914 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:767 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:95 [ref. 23993]). •Questionable synonym of Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Kuiter 2009:18 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

chinensis, Hippocampus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:249 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Oriental seas, Beijing [Peking], China. No types at ZIN. Appeared as "Hippocampus Chinensis (Syngnathus Hippocampus Linn.)..." so probably can be regarded as a replacement name. •Valid as Hippocampus chinensis Basilewsky 1855 -- (Kuiter 2009:114 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: coasts of mainland China. Habitat: marine.

fuscus, Hippocampus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:143, Pl. 33 (fig. 3) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 876 (1), 4914 (1). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Dor 1984:78 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Lourie et al. 1999:95 [ref. 23993], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Golani 2005:31 [ref. 37112], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:124 [ref. 36858], Fricke et al. 2007:73 [ref. 29533], Kuiter 2009:67 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:119 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:50 [ref. 36273], Suresh et al. 2018:167 [ref. 36495], Bariche & Fricke 2020:147 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:35 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:37 [ref. 39014], Moots 2022:469 [ref. 39722], Ergüden & Ayas 2023:33 [ref. 40488]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

hilonis, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:169 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50626. •Valid as Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Kuiter 2009:109 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Mundy 2005:320 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:163 [ref. 30952], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Pacific: Hawaiian Islands [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

horai, Hippocampus Duncker [G.] 1925:475, Fig. [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 27 (pt. 6); ref. 15584] Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ZSI F11836. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:140 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2009:18 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

kelloggi, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:14, Pl. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1241); ref. 2510] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6521. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Choi et al. 2003:555 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:37 [ref. 19754], Chen et al. 1997:35 [ref. 26476], Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:103 [ref. 23993], Nakabo 2000:535 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:535 [ref. 26001], Choo & Liew 2003:273 [ref. 26841], Choo & Liew 2004:411 [ref. 28042], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:124 [ref. 36858], Kuiter 2009:116 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Jawad et al. 2011:147 [ref. 31521], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2015:28 [ref. 34319], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Lourie 2016:110 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Harasti 2017:[1] 1018 [ref. 37617], Short et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36532]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder 1901. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines to southern Japan, south to New South Wales ( Australia). Habitat: marine.

kuda, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1852:82 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 16832] Singapore. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 5167 (1 of several), BMNH 1867.11.28.360 (1). Bleeker specimens: NMV 46227-28 (2). Misspelled cudua and kudua by authors -- (Whitley & Allen 1958:39 [ref. 21838]). •Valid as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Dor 1984:78 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:89 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1986:453 [ref. 5650], Allen & Swainston 1988:46 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:421 [ref. 12442], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:453 [ref. 25598], Randall et al. 1990:75 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:218 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Kim & Lee 1995:76 [ref. 22284], Randall 1995:104 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:184 [ref. 27969], Gomon 1997:250 [ref. 22842], Allen 1997:72 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:352 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:133 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:74 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:75 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Myers 1999:89 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:151 [ref. 24106], Paulus 1999:2272 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:535 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:158 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:56 [ref. 25480], Sakai et al. 2001:91 [ref. 25693], Horne 2001:245 [ref. 25696], Nakabo 2002:535 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:233, 555 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Choo & Liew 2003:271 [ref. 26841], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:34 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Choo & Liew 2004:411 [ref. 28042], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:140 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:110 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:320 [ref. 28379], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:125 [ref. 36858], Kuiter 2009:110 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:87 [ref. 31256], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:64 [ref. 35264], Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Lourie 2016:122 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Jawad et al. 2018:102 [ref. 36262] as H. kuda s.l., Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:357 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:337 [ref. 39830], Moots 2022:470 [ref. 39722], Vilasri et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Myanmar east to western Indonesia, Gulf of Thailand and Vietnam, north to China. Habitat: brackish, marine.

melanospilos, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1854:505 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5165 (1 of 4). Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.362 (1), RMNH 5165 (3 of 4). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Synonym of Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852 -- (Kuiter 2001:314 [ref. 25900], Kuiter 2009:112 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

moluccensis, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1852:305 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) whereaabouts unknown. •Valid as Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker 1852 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Kuiter 2009:102 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:203 [ref. 31980]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indonesia (if valid). Habitat: marine.

multiannularis, Hippocampus kuda Raj [B. S.] 1941:156 [Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 13151] Madras coast, India. Syntypes: Madras Aquarium (probably not preserved). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Hippocampus guttulatus multiannularis Ginsburg 1937. •In the synonymy of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Hippocampus von Bonde [C.] 1923:9, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 193, depth 28 fathoms. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:95 [ref. 23993]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Dawson 1986:453 [ref. 5650], Lourie et al. 2016:66 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus natalensis von Bonde 1923 -- (Kuiter 2009:120 [ref. 30404], Moots 2022:471 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus natalensis von Bonde 1923. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), ?southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

novaehebudorum, Hippocampus Fowler [H. W.] 1944:162, Fig. 12 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 96; ref. 1451] Vanuatu. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71352. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:159 [ref. 13621]. Originally as novae-hebudorum. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Synonym of Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852 -- (Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

polytaenia, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1854:338 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 343] Larantuka, Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens or possible holotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.361 (1) Flores. •Valid as Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker 1854 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Kuiter 2009:104 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:204 [ref. 31980]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Indonesia: Flores Sea, possibly adjacent areas [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

raji, Hippocampus Whitley [G. P.] 1955:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1953-54; ref. 4724] India. No types known. New name for Hippocampus kuda multiannularis Raj 1945, Proc. Indian Sci. Congress v. 27 (no. 3), p. 156. •Valid as Hippocampus raji Whitley 1955 -- (Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:173 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404] with question, Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rhynchomacer, Hippocampus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:519 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] "Mer des Indies" [=China]; Singapore; China; Cochin. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5987 -- 5991 (1, 2, 1, 1, 3). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:53 [ref. 19576]. Based on specimens and literature source. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

taeniops, Hippocampus Fowler [H. W.] 1904:501, Pl. 7 (upper left fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 27469 [not 27409]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:160 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

taeniopterus, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1852:306 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852 -- (Horne 2001:245 [ref. 25696], Kuiter 2001:314 [ref. 25900], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:42 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:828 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:112 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:206 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:47 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea east to Fiji, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tristis, Hippocampus Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:197 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne market, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A.4537. Non-type material: MNHN 4538 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:53 [ref. 19576], Kuiter 2020:42 [ref. 37609]. •Probably a synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:42 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:449 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus tristis Castelnau 1872 -- (Kuiter 2001:316 [ref. 25900], Paxton et al. 2006:829 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:107 [ref. 30404], Kuiter 2020:42 [ref. 37609]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: South Australia and Victoria (Australia). Habitat: marine.


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