Flat-faced seahorse

Flat-faced seahorse

Taxobox
name = Flat-faced seahorse


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. trimaculatus"
binomial = "Hippocampus trimaculatus"
binomial_authority = (Leach, 1814)
synonyms = Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877

Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955
Hippocampus takakurae Tanaka, 1916

The flat-faced seahorse, longnose seahorse, low-crowned seahorse, or three-spot seahorse, "Hippocampus trimaculatus", is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Project Seahorse 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10087/all Hippocampus trimaculatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.

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