Flat-faced seahorse
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| Hippocampus trimaculatus (Leach, 1814) |
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| Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877
Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955
Hippocampus takakurae Tanaka, 1916
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The flat-faced seahorse, longnose seahorse, low-crowned seahorse, or three-spot seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus, is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Project Seahorse 2003. Hippocampus trimaculatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 04 August 2007.
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