Regional conservation assessments
Regional conservation assessments help to determine whether species are at risk of regional extirpation due to the threats they face. They make it easier to implement conservation actions in particular areas, which may not have been apparent at the global scale. The IUCN hosts regional workshops with experts from the area in order to complete these assessments.
Below you’ll find a working list of regional conservation assessments for seahorses, pipefishes, sticklebacks, and their relatives.
Mediterranean
| Genus | Species | English Common Name | Last Published Red List Assessment Status | Year of Last Published Assessment | Next Up for Reassessment |
| Hippocampus | guttulatus | Long-snouted seahorse | NT | 2016 | 2021 |
| Hippocampus | hippocampus | Short-snouted seahorse | NT | 2016 | 2021 |
| Minyichthys | sentus | DD | 2016 | 2021 | |
| Nerophis | maculatus | Spotted pipefish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Nerophis | ophidion | Straightnose pipefish | LC | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | abaster | Black-striped pipefish | LC | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | acus | Greater pipefish | LC | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | phlegon | Pelagic spiny pipefish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | rostellatus | Nilsson's pipefish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | schmidti | Black sea pelagic pipefish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | taenionotus | Dark flank piepfish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | tenuirostris | Narrow-snouted pipefish | DD | 2016 | 2021 |
| Syngnathus | typhle | Broadnosed pipefish | LC | 2016 | 2021 |
Europe
| Genus | Species | English Common Name | Last Published Red List Assessment Status | Year of Last Published Assessment | Next Up for Reassessment |
| Aulostomus | strigosus | Atlantic cornetfish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Entelurus | aequoreus | Snake pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Hippocampus | guttulatus | Long-snouted seahorse | DD | 2014 | 2019 |
| Hippocampus | hippocampus | Short-snouted seahorse | DD | 2014 | 2019 |
| Macroramphosus | scolopax | Longspine snipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Minyichthys | sentus | DD | 2014 | 2019 | |
| Nerophis | lumbriciformis | Worm pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Nerophis | maculatus | DD | 2016 | 2021 | |
| Nerophis | ophidion | Straightnose pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Syngnathus | acus | Greater pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Syngnathus | phlegon | DD | 2014 | 2019 | |
| Syngnathus | rostellatus | Nilsson's pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Syngnathus | schmidti | DD | 2014 | 2019 | |
| Syngnathus | taenionotus | DD | 2014 | 2019 | |
| Syngnathus | tenuirostris | Narrow-snouted pipefish | DD | 2014 | 2019 |
| Syngnathus | typhle | Broadnosed pipefish | LC | 2014 | 2019 |
| Syngnathus | variegatus | DD | 2014 | 2019 |
Gulf of Mexico
| Genus | Species | English Common Name | Latest Published Red List Assessment Status | Year of Latest Published Assessment | Next Up for Reassessment |
| Acentronura | dendritica | Pipehorse | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Anarchopterus | criniger | Fringed pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Anarchopterus | tectus | Insular pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Aulostomus | maculatus | Caribbean trumpetfish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Bryx | dunckeri | Pugnose pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Bryx | randalli | Ocellated pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Cosmocampus | albirostris | Whitenose pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Cosmocampus | brachycephalus | Crested pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Cosmocampus | elucens | Shortfin pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Cosmocampus | hildebrandi | Dwarf pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Fistularia | petimba | Red cornetfish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Fistularia | tabacaria | Cornetfish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Hippocampus | erectus | Lined seahorse | VU | 2015 | 2020 |
| Hippocampus | reidi | Long-snouted seahorse | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Hippocampus | zosterae | Dwarf seahorse | NT | 2015 | 2020 |
| Microphis | brachyurus ssp. lineatus | Opossum pipefish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Micrognathus | crinitus | Banded pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Minyichthys | inusitatus | West Atlantic pipefish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Penetopteryx | nanus | Lost pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | caribbaeus | Caribbean pipefish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | dawsoni | Chain pearlfish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | floridae | Dusky pipefish | NT | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | fuscus |
Northern pipefish |
LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | louisianae | Chain pipefish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | makaxi | Makax's pipefish | DD | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | pelagicus | Sargassum pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | scovelli | Gulf pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
| Syngnathus | springer | Bull pipefish | LC | 2015 | 2020 |
Banner image of Pontoh's seahorse (H. pontohi) by Tom van Hout / Guylian Seahorses of the World
[Updated Feb 2018]