Knobby seahorse
| Knobby seahorse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. breviceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus breviceps W. K. H. Peters, 1869 | |
The knobby seahorse or short-head seahorse (not to be confused with the Short-snouted seahorse), Hippocampus breviceps, is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, coastal saline lagoons, and karsts.
References
- Morgan, S.K., et al. 2006. Hippocampus breviceps. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 May 2013.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Hippocampus breviceps" in FishBase. December 2007 version.
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