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Species profile—Hippocampus whitei (White's Seahorse)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Syngnathidae (pipefishes and seahorses) → Hippocampus whitei (White's Seahorse)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Family
Syngnathidae (pipefishes and seahorses)
Scientific name
Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855
Common name
White's Seahorse
Type reference
Bleeker, P. (1855). Over eenige visschen van Van Diemensland. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 2: 1-31.
WildNet taxon ID
32188
Synonym(s)
Hippocampus procerus
Alternate name(s)
highcrown seahorse
Sydney seahorse
New Holland seahorse
common seahorse
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Endangered
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Endangered
Conservation significant
Yes
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=32188.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024