Cape seahorse

Cape seahorse

Taxobox
name = Cape seahorse


status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. capensis"
binomial = "Hippocampus capensis"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1900
synonyms =
The cape seahorse or knysna seahorse ("Hippocampus capensis") is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. It lives in the Knysna estuary and feeds on zooplankton and brine shrimp.

ource

* Lockyear, J. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10056/all Hippocampus capensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.


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