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Seahorse

Syngnathidae family

Description:

Seahorses compose the fish genus Hippocampus within the family Syngnathidae, in order Syngnathiformes. Syngnathidae also includes the pipefishes. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning “sea monster”.

Habitat:

Spotted in the Amsterdam zoo.

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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Spotted on Aug 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 17, 2011

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