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Species¹	Live	Dried	Curiosities	Aquarium Trade	Medicines	Notes
Hippocampus abdominalis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hippocampus angustus	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Specimens in trade may be misidentified as H. subelongatus
Hippocampus barbouri	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus borboniensis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medical use only reported in Africa
Hippocampus breviceps	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Hippocampus camelopardalis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medical use only reported in Africa
Hippocampus comes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus coronatus	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hippocampus erectus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medical use only reported in the USA
Hippocampus fuscus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medical use only reported in Africa
Hippocampus guttulatus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Hippocampus hippocampus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Hippocampus histrix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Live trade of this species is rare
Hippocampus ingens	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medical use only reported in the USA and in Peru
Hippocampus kelloggi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus kuda	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus mohnikei	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Medical use of this species is rare
Hippocampus reidi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Medical use only reported in the USA
Hippocampus spinosissimus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus subelongatus	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Hippocampus trimaculatus	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hippocampus whitei	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Medical use only reported in the USA
Hippocampus zebra	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Medical use only reported in the USA
Hippocampus zosterae	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

24 Total Records

Source: Project Seahorse. Last revision of data: 2004

¹Species names used by HippocampusInfo follow the seahorse taxonomy of A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses, by S.A. Lourie, S.J. Foster, E.W.T. Cooper, and A.C.J. Vincent, that was released in 2004. Other seahorse identification guides may use alternate species names.

Seahorses Species in Trade