Animalia > Chordata > Syngnathiformes > Syngnathidae > Hippocampus > Hippocampus breviceps

Hippocampus breviceps (Knobby seahorse; Shorthead seahorse; Short-head seahorse; Short-headed seahorse; Short-snouted seahorse)

Synonyms: Hippocampus tuberculatus
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Litter Size [1]  100

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♦ 1Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management, S. J. FOSTER AND A. C. J. VINCENT, Journal of Fish Biology (2004) 65, 1–61
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0