Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus pontohi
Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse
Category: Seahorses
Scientific Name: Hippocampus pontohi
Synonyms: Hippocampus severnsi
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.6 cm)  
Depth: 20-80 ft. (6-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Dark variation formerly classified as H. severnsi
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family) Seahorses and Pipefishes
      └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
       └Hippocampus (Genus) Seahorses
        └H. pontohi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 398433🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102830🔗

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