Species that contain: Hippocampus and whitei [ 5 ] records

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.

novaehollandiae, Hippocampus Steindachner [F.] 1866:474 [51], Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 53; ref. 4210] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: (4) NMW 59312 (3). On p. 51 of separate. Originally as novae Hollandiae n. sp.?. Did not appear in abstract, Steindachner 1866 [ref. 20460]. •Synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:422 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:449 [ref. 22532], Lourie et al. 1999:127 [ref. 23993], Kuiter 2001:327 [ref. 25900], Paxton et al. 2006:829 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404], Lourie et al. 2016:43 [ref. 34632], Short et al. 2019:115 [ref. 36532]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

procerus, Hippocampus Kuiter [R. H.] 2001:328, Fig. 40 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 53; ref. 25900] 5-11 kilometers nw Hervey Bay, Fairway Buoy, Queensland, 24°S, 152'E. Holotype: AMS E.2914. Paratypes: AMS I.492 (1), I.12554 (1), IA.4205 (1), IB.1011 (1); QM I.2208 (1), I.8792 (1), I.11000 (7), I.13012 (1), I.29963 (1), I.30772 (2). •Valid as Hippocampus procerus Kuiter 2001 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:828 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:44 [ref. 30404], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615]). •Synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855 -- (Lourie et al. 2016:43 [ref. 34632], Short et al. 2019:115 [ref. 36532]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: 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.

whitei, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1855:17 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 346] Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. No types known. Appeared as "Hippocampus Whitei Blkr. = Hippocampu or Seahorse White" which is fig. 2, plate opposite p. 264 in White 1790 [ref. 4654]. Neotype as I.40831-018 [ref. 34632]. •Valid as Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855 -- (Dawson 1986:454 [ref. 5650], Paxton et al. 1989:422 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:98 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:449 [ref. 22532], Gomon 1997:248 [ref. 22842], Kuiter 1997:72 [ref. 25488], Lourie et al. 1999:127 [ref. 23993], Fricke 1999:152 [ref. 24106], Paulus 1999:2272 [ref. 24794], Johnson 1999:726 [ref. 25471], Kuiter 2001:327 [ref. 25900], Paxton et al. 2006:829 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:42 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:100 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:43 [ref. 34632], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Short et al. 2019:115 [ref. 36532]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: East coast of Australia from Hervey Bay (Queensland) to St. Georges Basin (New South Wales). Habitat: marine.