Big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

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Also known as:	pot bellied seahorse, eastern potbelly seahorse, big bellied seahorse, hinamoki, kioremoana, manaia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Syngnathiformes
Family	Syngnathidae
Genus	Hippocampus (1)
Size	Maximum height: 35 cm (2)

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Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (1). In Australia, all seahorses and pipefish are subject to export controls under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (3). All seahorses are listed on Appendix II of CITES (4).