Short-snouted seahorse  (Hippocampus breviceps)

IUCN Red List species status – Data Deficient
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Facts – Short-snouted seahorse

Also known as: Knobby seahorse, Short-headed seahorse
Synonyms: Hippocampus tuberculatus
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderSyngnathiformes
FamilySyngnathidae
GenusHippocampus (1)

Status – Short-snouted seahorse

Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Description – Short-snouted seahorse

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (May, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org/
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