Pygmy seahorse  (Hippocampus bargibanti)

Range

Known from coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific around Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines (1) (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Only known to occur on gorgonian corals of the genus Muricella, typically at between 16 and 40 metres depth (2).

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