Knobby seahorse

Taxobox
name = Knobby seahorse


status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. breviceps"
binomial = "Hippocampus breviceps"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1869
synonyms =

The knobby seahorse or short-head seahorse (not to be confused with the Short-snouted seahorse), "Hippocampus breviceps", is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, coastal saline lagoons, and karsts.

References

* Morgan, S.K., Pogonoski, J.J., Pollard, D.A. & Paxton, J.R. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10063/all Hippocampus breviceps] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.
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can also be called the triple S