Shiho's seahorse
| Shiho's seahorse | |
|---|---|
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| Hippocampus sindonis, conventional and X-ray images | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. sindonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus sindonis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |
Shiho's seahorse (Hippocampus sindonis) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to the coastal waters of Japan, with an individual sighting reported in South Korea in 2013.[2] This species reaches a length of ca. 8 cm.[3] It was listed by the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable in 1996 and Data Deficient in 2003, but was later reclassified as Least Concern.[1]
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- 1 2 Fritzsche, R., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Dooley, J., Carpenter, K., Bartnik, S., Robinson, E., Morgan, S.K. & Sorensen, M. (2010). Hippocampus sindonis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T10083A3161007.en
- ↑ Dhiho's seahorse discovered in Korea for the first time, Yonhap News Agency, 12 June 2013.
- ↑ Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901. Fishbase
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