Knobby seahorse
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| Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 |
The knobby seahorse or short-head seahorse (not to be confused with the Short-snouted_seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps, is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, coastal saline lagoons, and karsts.
[edit] References
- Morgan, S.K., Pogonoski, J.J., Pollard, D.A. & Paxton, J.R. 2005. Hippocampus breviceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 04 August 2007.
- "Hippocampus breviceps". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. December 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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