Note:

Differisce dal congenere "Guttulatus" per la forma del capo, l'assenza delle spine e per i due cornetti conici sopra gli occhi.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Actinopterygii - Huxley, 1880 - Ray-Finned Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Clupeocephala
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes And Seahorses
Family: Syngnathidae - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Subfamily: Hippocampinae
Genus: Hippocampus - Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 - Seahorses
Specific name: hippocampus - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Seahorses
Scientific name: - Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)