Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Smooth Seahorse
Hippocampus trimaculatus
Smooth Seahorse
Also known as: Low-Crowned Seahorse
Category: Seahorses
Scientific Name: Hippocampus trimaculatus
Synonyms: Hippocampus kampylotrachelos
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family)
      └Nerophinae (Subfamily)
       └Hippocampus (Genus)

Seahorses & Pipefishes
Seahorses

Smooth Seahorse

Pygmy Seahorse

Pygmy Seahorse (yellow variation)

Thorny seahorse

Common Seahorse

Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse (Dark variation)



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