Tiger snout seahorse

Tiger snout seahorse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: H. subelongatus
Binomial name
Hippocampus subelongatus
Castelnau, 1873
Synonyms

Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870

The tiger snout seahorse or West Australian seahorse (Hippocampus subelongatus) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas.

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