Hippocampus guttulatus

Scientific Name: Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

Common Name(s): Long-snouted Seahorse

Synonyms: Hippocampus guttulatus subsp. multiannularis Ginsburg 1937 (synonym); Hippocampus hippocampus subsp. microcoronatus Slastenenko 1938 (synonym); Hippocampus longirostris Schinz, 1822 (synonym); Hippocampus ramulosus Leach, 1814 (ambiguous synonym)

Description: Coronet small with 5 rounded knobs or blunt points; coronet not joined smoothly to neck. Males have proportionally longer tails than females. Cirri may be present and are usually present at the onset of sexual maturity. Colour variable; may have spots or mottled appearance.