Hippocampus pusillus
| Pygmy thorny seahorse | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippocampinae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus pusillus R. Fricke, 2004 | |
Hippocampus pusillus, the pygmy thorny seahorse, is only known from specimens that were dredged at depths between 35 and 228m off the coast of New Caledonia.[1]
References
- ↑ Fricke, R. (2004). Review of the pipefishes and seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) of New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 1-67.
.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, June 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.