Great seahorse

Great seahorse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: H. kelloggi
Binomial name
Hippocampus kelloggi
D. S. 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.

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