H. fisheri Jordan & Evermann 1903

English common names. Fisher’s Seahorse. Synonyms. None.

Holotype. USNM 50625. Paratypes: BPBM 1687, FMNH 3946, MCZ 168879 (never received), CAS-SU 7450, USNM 126534 [ex USBF 1058/USFC 2700].

Type locality. Kailua, Hawaii (holotype) ; Hilo, Hawaii (paratypes) .

Distribution. USA (Hawaii).

Notes. Szabó et al. (2011) confirm the presence, and distinctness, of H. fisheri as a Hawaiian endemic using genetic and morphometric methods. It is>5% divergent from H. kuda (696bp, cyt b) (Szabó et al. 2011). Specimens that were formerly tentatively assigned to H. fisheri from New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island (Lourie et al. 1999, 2004) have subsequently been described as H. jugumus and H. pusillus (Kuiter 2001; Fricke 2004).