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Seahorse

Hippocampus sp

Description:

Seahorse is the title given to 54 species of marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster"

Habitat:

Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world, and live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, or mangroves

Notes:

Lovely Seahorses Are Super Killers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCFqrojI...

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 9 years ago

Thanks, @Rosa :)

Rosa Maria
Rosa Maria 9 years ago

That's awesome.

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 11, 2011
Submitted on May 16, 2014

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