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| name = Great seahorse
| name = Great seahorse
| image = Hippocampus kelloggi by OpenCage.jpg
| image = Hippocampus kelloggi by OpenCage.jpg
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Hippocampus
| genus = Hippocampus
| species = kelloggi
| species = kelloggi
| authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[John Otterbein Snyder|Snyder]], 1902
| authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[John Otterbein Snyder|Snyder]], 1902
| synonyms = }}
| synonyms =
}}
The '''great seahorse''', '''Kellogg's seahorse''', or '''offshore seahorse''' (''Hippocampus kelloggi'') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Syngnathidae]]. It is found in possibly [[Australia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Pakistan]], the [[Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Vietnam]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is shallow [[sea]]s.
The '''great seahorse''', '''Kellogg's seahorse''', or '''offshore seahorse''' (''Hippocampus kelloggi'') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Syngnathidae]]. It is found in possibly [[Australia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Pakistan]], the [[Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Vietnam]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is shallow [[sea]]s.


==Sources==
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* Project Seahorse 2002. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41010/all Hippocampus kelloggi]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
* Project Seahorse 2002. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41010/all Hippocampus kelloggi]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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[[Category:Hippocampus]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1902]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1902]]



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Revision as of 06:56, 28 December 2017

Great seahorse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species:
H. kelloggi
Binomial name
Hippocampus kelloggi

The great seahorse, Kellogg's seahorse, or offshore seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in possibly Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

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