Hippocampinae

Hippocampinae
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present
Idiotropiscis australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Hippocampinae
Bonaparte, 1835
Genera

Between 1 and 6 (see text)

Kyonemichthys rumengani, one of several small syngnathids discovered in the West Pacific in recent years

The Hippocampinae are a subfamily of small marine fishes in the family Syngnathidae. Depending on the classification system used, it comprises either seahorses and pygmy pipehorses,[1] or only seahorses.[2]

  1. ^ Kuiter, R.H. (2000) "Seahorses, Pipefishes and their Relatives – A Comprehensive Guide to Syngnathiformes." TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK.
  2. ^ Wilson N., Rouse G. (2010). "Convergent camouflage and the non-monophyly of 'seadragons' (Syngnathidae: Teleostei): suggestions for a revised taxonomy of syngnathids". Zoologica Scripta. 39 (6): 551–558. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00449.x. S2CID 56351380.