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Syngnathidae
Denise's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus denise
Tubercles mimic gorgonian hosts
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Other
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Other
SmallDenise's pygmy seahorse is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 2.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
- Maximum length
- 2.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia to Vanuatu; north to the Philippines, south to northeast Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
