Biology:Hippocampus pusillus

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Short description: Species of fish

Pygmy thorny seahorse
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
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.[3]

References

  1. Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus pusillus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T47728648A47728851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47728648A47728851.en. 
  2. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  3. 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.

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