Cape seahorse

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Cape seahorse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: H. capensis
Binomial name
Hippocampus capensis
Boulenger, 1900

The cape seahorse or knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. It lives in the Knysna estuary and feeds on zooplankton and brine shrimp.


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