Pacific seahorse

Pacific seahorse

Taxobox
name = Pacific seahorse



status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. ingens"
binomial = "Hippocampus ingens"
binomial_authority = (Girard, 1859)
synonyms =
The Pacific seahorse ("Hippocampus ingens") is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the United States. Its natural habitat is coral reefs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* Project Seahorse 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10072/all Hippocampus ingens] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.


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