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Syngnathidae
Patagonian seahorse
Hippocampus patagonicus
White dots and dark lines
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallPatagonian seahorse is a marine fish from Southwest Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 9.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
- Maximum length
- 9.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southwest Atlantic: Brazil (south), Uruguay and Argentina.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
