Big-belly seahorse  (Hippocampus abdominalis)

Facts

Also known as:big bellied seahorse, pot bellied seahorse, eastern potbelly seahorse, kioremoana, manaia and hinamoki
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Hippocampus (1)
Size Maximum height: 35 cm (9)

Status

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 (7).