Réunion seahorse

Species of fish

Réunion seahorse

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Syngnathiformes
Family:  | Syngnathidae
Genus:  | Hippocampus
Species:  |

H. borboniensis

Binomial name
Hippocampus borboniensis

(A. H. A. Duméril, 1870)

The Réunion seahorse (Hippocampus borboniensis)[1] is a synonym of Hippocampus kuda, Weber, 1913.[2] It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, South Africa, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtidal aquatic beds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

## Sources

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1. ^ Scales, Helen (2009). Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 136\. ISBN 978-1-101-13376-7. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
2. ^ Lourie, S. A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster, 2016. A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa, 4146(1):1-66.

* Project Seahorse 2003. Hippocampus borboniensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.

Taxon identifiers

Hippocampus borboniensis|

* Wikidata: Q1578863
* Wikispecies: Hippocampus borboniensis
* CoL: 3LZKN
* FishBase: 53791
* GBIF: 5201117
* iNaturalist: 102813
* IRMNG: 10137204
* ITIS: 645009
* NCBI: 247431
* OBIS: 212238
* Open Tree of Life: 749189
* Species+: 10102
* WoRMS: 212238

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