West African seahorse

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West African seahorse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: H. algiricus
Binomial name
Hippocampus algiricus
Kaup, 1856

The West African seahorse (Hippocampus algiricus) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

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