The pygmy seahorses comprise several species of tiny seahorse in the syngnathid family or Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefish). Family Syngnathidae is...
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(White's seahorse) Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964 (zebra seahorse) Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (dwarf seahorse) Pygmy seahorses are those...
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The Japanese pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus japapigu) is a Japanese species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae. It is also sometimes known as the Japan...
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Denise's pygmy seahorse or the yellow pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae native to the western Pacific. Denise's pygmy seahorse is a...
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Hippocampus bargibanti (redirect from Bargibanti's seahorse)
Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area. This pygmy seahorse is tiny—usually...
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Hippocampus nalu (redirect from African pygmy seahorse)
Hippocampus nalu, the Sodwana pygmy seahorse, African pygmy seahorse or Honeypot seahorse, is a South African species of pygmy seahorse in the family Syngnathidae...
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Satomi's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus satomiae) is the smallest known seahorse in the world with an average length of 13.8 millimetres (0.54 in) and an...
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Hippocampus pontohi (redirect from Weedy pygmy seahorse)
Hippocampus pontohi, also known as Pontoh's pygmy seahorse or the weedy pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae native to the central...
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Hippocampinae (section Pygmy pipehorses)
it comprises either seahorses and pygmy pipehorses, or only seahorses. Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810 Up to 54 species of seahorses Acentronura Kaup, 1853...
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Hippocampus severnsi (redirect from Severn’s pygmy seahorse)
Hippocampus severnsi (Severn's pygmy seahorse) is a synonym of Hippocampus pontohi, Lourie & Kuiter, 2008. Lourie, S. A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster,...
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The bullneck seahorse (Hippocampus Minotaur) is a pygmy seahorse in the genus Hippocampus. This seahorse has never been found in the wild, and little...
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Hippocampus colemani (redirect from Coleman's pygmy seahorse)
Coleman's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus colemani) is a species of fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found off of the coast of Lord Howe Island, Australia...
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are known to dwell within the branches of gorgonian colonies. The pygmy seahorse not only makes certain species of gorgonians its home, but also closely...
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Hippocampus waleananus, the Walea pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse endemic to the Togian Islands in Indonesia, and is associated with specific...
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convergent evolution arises in pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti, Hippocampus denise, Hippocampus pontohi). Pygmy seahorses are very small (about 1–2 cm...
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marine organisms, from the tiniest cleaner shrimp and camouflaged pygmy seahorses to the majestic cetaceans and whale sharks, thrive in these waters...
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often dwell among the branches of gorgonian and coral colonies. The pygmy seahorse not only makes certain species of gorgonians its home, but closely resembles...
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life, including whale sharks, ocean sunfish, manta rays, eagle rays, pygmy seahorse, false pipefish, clown frogfish, nudibranchs, blue-ringed octopus, sponges...
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Acentronura gracilissima (redirect from Bastard seahorse)
Acentronura gracilissima, the bastard seahorse, is a species of pygmy pipehorse from the coastal waters of Japan and Vietnam, it is expected to occur...
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Hippocampus pusillus (redirect from Pygmy thorny seahorse)
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...
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Hippocampus debelius (redirect from Softcoral seahorse)
Retrieved 2022-01-14. Gomon, M.F. & R.H. Kuiter (2009). "Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific"...
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Great seahorse Japanese seahorse Lined seahorse Pacific seahorse Pygmy seahorses Slender seahorse Spiny seahorse West African seahorse Conservation Achievements...
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genera of sea fan that can be hosts to a species of pygmy seahorse, the Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise). The World Register of Marine Species...
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matter) but have evolved physical features that mimic the seaweed. The pygmy seahorses are among the smallest of all syngnathids, with most being so tiny—and...
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in this prestigious competition, October 2012....Fiona's image of a pygmy seahorse ... Sulawesi,Indonesia on a night dive ... only the size of a tiny fingernail...
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by seahorse experts who are going to breed them, as they tend to be finicky and most are endangered in the wild. One of the advantages of Seahorses is...
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like: leafy seadragon (large part of its body is just for camouflage, pygmy seahorse, leaf scorpionfish, flounder, peacock flounder. Some have active camouflage...
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Cylix tupareomanaia (redirect from Manaia pygmy pipehorse)
Cylix tupareomanaia, the Manaia pygmy pipehorse, is a species of syngnathid, the family of seahorses and pipefish, and is endemic to New Zealand. It was...
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seahorse (Hippocampus minotaur) Japanese seahorse (Hippocampus mohnikei) Monte Bello seahorse (Hippocampus montebelloensis) Pontoh`s pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus...
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gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Bastard seahorse) Acentronura tentaculata (Günther, 1870) (Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse) Acentronura species are mainly...
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