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Kinds Hippocampus abdominalis, Bigbelly Seahorse Hippocampus alatus, Winged Seahorse Hippocampus algiricus, West African Seahorse Hippocampus angustus, Western Spiny Seahorse Hippocampus barbouri, Barbours Seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti, Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus biocellatus, False-eye Seahorse Hippocampus bleekeri, Potbelly Seahorse Hippocampus borboniensis, Species Hippocampus breviceps, Shorthead Seahorse Hippocampus camelopardalis, Giraffe Seahorse Hippocampus capensis, Knysna Seahorse Hippocampus colemani, Coleman' s Seahorse Hippocampus comes, Tiger Tail Seahorse Hippocampus coronatus Hippocampus dahli, Lowcrown Seahorse Hippocampus denise, Denises Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus erectus, Lined Seahorse Hippocampus fisheri, Fishers Seahorse Hippocampus fuscus, Sea Pony Hippocampus grandiceps, Bighead Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus, Long-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hendriki, Eastern Spiny Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus, Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus histrix, Thorny Seahorse Hippocampus ingens, Pacific Seahorse Hippocampus jayakari, Jayakars Seahorse Hippocampus jugumus, Collar Seahorse Hippocampus kampylotrachelos, Smooth Seahorse Hippocampus kelloggi, Great Seahorse Hippocampus kuda, Spotted Seahorse Hippocampus lichtensteinii, Lichtensteins Seahorse Hippocampus minotaur, Bullneck Seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei, Japanese Seahorse Hippocampus montebelloensis, Monte Bello Seahorse Hippocampus multispinus, Northern Spiny Seahorse Hippocampus planifrons, Flatface Seahorse Hippocampus procerus, Highcrown Seahorse Hippocampus queenslandicus, Queensland Seahorse Hippocampus reidi, Longsnout Seahorse Hippocampus semispinosus, Halfspine Seahorse Hippocampus sindonis, Shihos Seahorse Hippocampus spinosissimus, Hedgehog Seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus, West Australian Seahorse Hippocampus taeniopterus, Common Seahorse Hippocampus trimaculatus, Longnose Seahorse Hippocampus tristis, Sad Seahorse Hippocampus tuberculatus, Knobby Seahorse Hippocampus whitei, White' s Seahorse Hippocampus zebra, Zebra Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae, Dwarf Seahorse

Overview

Main identification features seahorse, prehensile tail HIPPOCAMPUS SEAHORSES Neck curved, with head at about right angle to body; dorsal large, pectorals and anal small, no tail fin; tail prehensile, curlable; brood pouch on trunk. A circumglobal tropical to temperate genus with 32 species; one species, a regional endemic, is found in the tropical eastern Pacific.

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Acknowledgements

Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.

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