| Citation | Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall, 1999, Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation.. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. |
| Ref. | Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall, 1999 |
| Page | 15-21;75 |
| Named Used as Valid | Hippocampus barbouri |
| Comment | original morphological description, illustrations, and photographs of the type specimens |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Central Pacific: southern Sulu Sea. |
| Quote | in part (only one of the specimens Roule described); |