Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family)
      └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
       └Hippocampus (Genus)
        └H. pontohi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 398433🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102830🔗

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