Short-snouted seahorse

Short-snouted seahorse
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Hippocampus
Species:	H. hippocampus
Binomial name
	Hippocampus hippocampus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Syngnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758; Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, in Leach & Nodder, 1814; Hippocampus antiquus Risso, 1827; Hippocampus brevirostris Schinz, 1822; Hippocampus europaeus Ginsburg, 1933; Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810; Hippocampus pentagonus Ginsburg, 1937; Hippocampus vulgaris Cloquet, 1821;

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The short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the North Atlantic, particularly around Italy and the Canary Islands. Colonies of the species have recently been discovered in the River Thames around London and Southend-on-Sea.^[3]

Their preferred habitat is shallow muddy waters, estuaries or seagrass beds.^[3]

Protection

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Short-snouted seahorse

Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Hippocampus
Species:	H. hippocampus
Binomial name
*Hippocampus hippocampus* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[2]
Syngnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758 Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, in Leach & Nodder, 1814 Hippocampus antiquus Risso, 1827 Hippocampus brevirostris Schinz, 1822 Hippocampus europaeus Ginsburg, 1933 Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810 Hippocampus pentagonus Ginsburg, 1937 Hippocampus vulgaris Cloquet, 1821