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Korean Seahorse
Plate 1 of 5. Han S-Y, Kim J-K, Kai Y, Senou H (2017) Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: ta (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia

Korean Seahorse

Hippocampus haema

Hippocampus haema, the Korean seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae native to the northern Pacific Ocean (Korea Strait and Sea of Japan), and it usually lives in Sargassum and weeds on shallow soft bottom habitats from 0 to 18 m depth. The Korean seahorse is the most common seahorse in Korean waters so that the scientific name 'haema' is named from 'seahorse' in Korean. The Japanese name 'Himetatsu' is derived from its smaller shape...

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