Zebra seahorse

Species of fish

Zebra Seahorse

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]

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

H. zebra

Binomial name
Hippocampus zebra

Whitley, 1964

Synonyms[3]

* Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001

The zebra seahorse (Hippocampus zebra) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to northern Australia.

## Habitat

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This species of fish has been found inshore in and around coral reefs and it can also be found in areas with sand and mud bottoms, possibly associated with gorgonians.[4] The maximum reported depth is 69 m (226 ft).[5] It is ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch that is situated under the tail.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus zebra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T107261083A54906819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107261083A54906819.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. ^ Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus zebra". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T107261083A54906819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107261083A54906819.en.
4. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hippocampus zenra". FishBase. February 2018 version.
5. ^ Seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca

## External links

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* Fishes of Australia : Hippocampus zebra

Taxon identifiers

Hippocampus zebra|

* Wikidata: Q628107
* AFD: Hippocampus_zebra
* ARKive: hippocampus-zebra
* CoL: 3LZPX
* FishBase: 52379
* GBIF: 5201030
* iNaturalist: 102839
* IRMNG: 10973985
* ITIS: 645034
* IUCN: 40774
* Observation.org: 906303
* OBIS: 275212
* Open Tree of Life: 3642211
* Plazi: 86281D5D-4351-E97A-D846-E413CBF14F4B
* Species+: 8224
* WoRMS: 275212
* ZooBank: 5F6F71F4-4B7D-48F7-A525-E77878C8719C

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