Barbour's seahorse

Barbour's seahorse

Taxobox
name = Barbour's seahorse


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. barbouri"
binomial = "Hippocampus barbouri"
binomial_authority = Jordan & Richardson, 1908
synonyms = "Hippocampus aimei" Roule, 1916

"Hippocampus histrix" Kaup, 1853 [mistaken identity]

Barbour's seahorse ("Hippocampus barbouri") is a type of seahorse in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtidal aquatic beds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Project Seahorse 2002. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40802/all Hippocampus barbouri] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.

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