Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
(Spiny Seahorse, Long-snouted Seahorse)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHippocampus guttulatus (Spiny Seahorse, Long-snouted Seahorse)
GenusHippocampus (seahorses)
SubfamilyHIPPOCAMPINAE (a subfamily of bony fishes)
FamilySYNGNATHIDAE (pipefishes and seahorses)
OrderSYNGNATHIFORMES (pipefishes)
SuperorderACANTHOPTERYGII (advanced teleosts)
InfraclassTeleostei (teleost fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Trewhalla, S. 2004 Pregnant Spiny Seahorse Vol 16, No 1 Page: 51

Hippocampus guttulatus (Spiny Seahorse, Long-snouted Seahorse) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hippocampus guttulatus (Spiny Seahorse, Long-snouted Seahorse)
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