Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
Acquired:
2011-11-22
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland
Reference for:
Hippocampus guttulatus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lourie, Sara A., Amanda C. J. Vincent, and Heather J. Hall
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Seahorses. An identification guide to the world's species and their conservation
Page(s):
x + 214
Publisher:
Project Seahorse
Publication Place:
London, United kingdom
ISBN/ISSN:
0-9534693-0-1/
Notes:
Updates and additional information avalable online at the Project Seahorse website http://seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca/
Reference for:
Hippocampus guttulatus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lourie, Sara A., Sarah J. Foster, Ernest W. T. Cooper, and Amanda C. J. Vincent
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-01-01 / 2004-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses
Page(s):
ii + 114
Publisher:
Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America
Publication Place:
Washington DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-89164-169-6/
Notes:
Available online at http://seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca/why-seahorses/species
Reference for:
Hippocampus guttulatus
Hippocampus guttulatus: Geographic Information
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Hippocampus guttulatus: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II listed under Hippocampus, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)
Comment:
Lourie et al. (1999:97) and Lourie et al. (2004:53) note that Hippocampus guttulatus 'has been widely called H. ramulosus, but re-examination of the H. ramulosus type specimen shows that it differs from the species discussed in this guide as H. guttulatus.' In other words, these are not conspecific, the correct name for the species in question is H. guttulatus, and H. ramulosus is not its synonym. Unfortunately, they did not take a stance on what the status and placement of H. ramulosus should be (other than not in synonymy of H. guttulatus), so until a better solution is available, ITIS is listing this name as a synonym of the genus (contra a 2002 regional checklist that incorrectly listed them as synonyms under the junior name)