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Spiny seahorse
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This article is about the Indo-Pacific species. Not to be confused with long-snouted seahorse which is also known as a spiny seahorse in Great Britain.
The spiny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix), also referred to as the thorny seahorse, is a small marine fish in the family Syngnathidae, native to the Indo-Pacific area. It is classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Genus: | Hippocampus |
Species: | H. histrix |
Binomial name | |
Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 | |
Synonyms | |
Hippocampus curvicuspis Fricke, 2004 |
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