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Jayakar's seahorse (Hippocampus jayakari)
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Jayakar's seahorse (Hippocampus jayakari) specimen
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Syngnathidae

Jayakar's seahorse

Hippocampus jayakari

Male incubates eggs in tail pouch

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • South Asia
  • West Asia
  • Other
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Jayakar's seahorse is a marine fish of Western Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 14 cm.

Maximum length
14 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
other
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Arabian Sea (Israel), Oman and Pakistan.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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