Hedgehog seahorse

Hedgehog seahorse

Taxobox
name = Hedgehog seahorse


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Hippocampus"
species = "H. spinosissimus"
binomial = "Hippocampus spinosissimus"
binomial_authority = Weber, 1913
synonyms = Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916
The hedgehog seahorse ("Hippocampus spinosissimus") is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. 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/10084/all Hippocampus spinosissimus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.


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