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Hippocampus hippocampus

Scientific Name: Hippocampus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name(s): Short-snouted seahorse

Synonyms: Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, 1814 (synonym); Hippocampus antiquus Risso, 1827 (synonym); Hippocampus brevirostris Schinz, 1822 (synonym); Hippocampus europaeus Ginsburg, 1933 (synonym); Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym); Hippocampus pentagonus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym); Hippocampus punctulatus (Guienchot, 1853) (misapplied name); Hippocampus vulgaris Cloquet, 1821 (synonym); Syngnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

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