Pacific seahorse

Hippocampus ingens

Curled tail anchoring to coral branches

Pacific seahorse is a marine fish of Eastern Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: other
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: confirmed records from San Diego in California, USA to Peru including the Galapagos Islands. Reported from the San Francisco Bay by Alexander Agassiz (Ron Fritzsche, pers.comm. 08/09).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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