Great seahorse | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Genus: | Hippocampus |
Species: | H. kelloggi |
Binomial name | |
Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1902 |
The great seahorse, Kellogg's seahorse, or offshore seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in possibly Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.