Back Hippocampinae Afrikaans أفراس البحر Arabic افراس البحر ARZ Hippocampinae Spanish Hippocampinae Estonian Hippocampinae French סוסוני ים HE Hippocampinae Italian Jūraszirdziņu apakšdzimta Latvian/Lettish Hippocampinae Dutch
| Hippocampinae Temporal range:
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| Idiotropiscis australe | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippocampinae Bonaparte, 1835 |
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Between 1 and 6 (see text) | |
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]
- ^ Kuiter, R.H. (2000) "Seahorses, Pipefishes and their Relatives – A Comprehensive Guide to Syngnathiformes." TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK.
- ^ 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.