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Spiny Seahorse
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Spiny Seahorse

Hippocampus histrix

The spiny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix), also referred to as the thorny seahorse, is a marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae, native from the Indo-Pacific area.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 102823.