Biology:Réunion seahorse
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Short description: Species of fish
| Réunion seahorse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. borboniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus borboniensis (A. H. A. Duméril, 1870)
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The Réunion seahorse (Hippocampus borboniensis)[1] is a synonym of Hippocampus kuda, Weber, 1913.[2] It is found in Madagascar , Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, South Africa , and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtidal aquatic beds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- ↑ Scales, Helen (2009). Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-101-13376-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wifibfq2rMC&pg=PT136. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ↑ Lourie, S. A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster, 2016. A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa, 4146(1):1-66.
- Project Seahorse 2003. Hippocampus borboniensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q1578863 entry
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