Great seahorse
| Great seahorse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. kelloggi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus kelloggi D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | |
The great seahorse, Kellogg's seahorse, or offshore seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in possibly Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.
Sources
- Project Seahorse 2002. Hippocampus kelloggi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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