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Syngnathidae
Lined seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
A pipette snout sipping tiny prey
- Brown
- Orange
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Other
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Brown
Tropical
Other
MediumLined seahorse is a marine fish of seagrass beds and coral reefs. Look for a pipette snout sipping tiny prey.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Habitat
- Seagrass beds and coral reefs
- Body shape
- Seahorse-shaped
- Diet
- Carnivorous
- Distribution
- Warm shallow seas worldwide
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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