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Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829     (up to 16cm extended)

Sp: Caballito de mar
Fr: Cheval marin
It: Cavalluccio marino
Cr: Konjic dugokljunic
Al: Kali i detit
Gr: Alogabi
Tu: Deniz-ay gyri
Is: Suson-yam meduolal
Eg: Faras el bahr
Ts: Hsan el-bahr
Mo: Aoud ibhar
Ger: Langschnauziges Seepferdchen
En: Sea horse

  
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)   (up to 15cm extended)
(Sygnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758, Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, 1814, Hippocampus brevirostris Cuvier, 1829)

Sp: Caballo marino, Caballito marino
Fr: Cheval marin au bec court
It: Cavalluccio marino camuso
Cr: Konjic kratkoljunic
Al: Kali i detit aqep shkurter
Ger: Kurzschnauziges Seepferdchen
En: Short-snouted sea horse

  
Sygnatus abaster Risso, 1810     (up to 15cm)
(Sygnatus ethon Risso, 1826, Sygnathus agassizi Michaelles, 1829, Sygnathus nigrolineatus Eichwald, 1831, Sygnathus brevirostris Kaup, 1856, Sygnathus flavescens Kaup, 1856,  Sygnathus algeriensis Playfair, 1870, Sygnathus microchirus Moreau, 1891)

Sp: Aguja de rio
Fr: Aigullette à museau bref
It: Pesce ago di rio
Cr: Silce kratkokljuno
Al: Gjylpaneza sqep shkurter
Ger: Kurzschnauzigel Seenadel
En: Short-snouted pipe-fish

   
Sygnatus phlegon Risso, 1826     (up to 20cm)

Sp: Aguja espinosa
Fr: Aigullette èpineuse
It: Pesce ago pelagico
Cr: Silo dracavo
Al: Gjylpaneza e vrazhdte
Ger: Gedornte Seenadel, Kantige Seenadel
En: Spiked pipe-fish

   
Sygnatus taenionotus Canestrini, 1872     (up to 20cm)

Fr: Aigullette à flanc noir
It: Pesce ago adriatico
Cr: Silo crnoboko
Al: Gjylpaneza
Ger: Schwarzflankige Seenadel
En: Dark-flank pipe-fish

  
Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe) 1839      (up to 5cm)

It: Pesce beccaccino

  
Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)     (up to 18cm)
(Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, 1758, Centriscus scolopax Canestrini, 1874)

Sp: Pito real
Fr: Bècasse de mer, Trompette de mer
It: Pesce trombetta
Cr: Sljuka, Sljuka morska
Al: Seshku trompete
Ger: Schnepfenfisch, Trompetenfisch
En: Snipe-fish, Trumpet-fish

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Abbreviations:
Pt: Portugal
Sp: Spain
Ba: Baleares
Cat: Catalan
Fr: France
Co: Corsica
It: Italy
Cr: Croatia
Al: Albania
Ma: Malta
Gr: Greece
Tu: Turkey
Le: Lebanon
Is: Israel
Cy: Cyprus
Eg: Egypt
Lb: Libya
Ts: Tunisia
Ag: Algeria
Mo: Morocco
Ger: Germany
En: English

(the Greek, Arab and Hebrew names have been phonetically transcribed in Latin characters)