Seahorse

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Hippocampus
Fossil range: Pliocene to Present
Hippocampus sp.
Hippocampus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Cuvier, 1816[1]

Seahorses are a type of fish. They are called "seahorses" because their head looks like that of a horse. There are about 32 kinds of seahorse. They like living in warm parts of oceans. Seahorses are unique because the male hatches the eggs in a pouch on his belly.Seahorses are the same colors as the place they are at.

[change] References

  1. "Hippocampus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.