Image: Shorthead Seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps
A Shorthead Seahorse at Edithburgh Jetty, South Australia, January 2004.
- Photographer:
- Dave Harasti
- Rights:
- © Dave Harasti
- Common name:
- Shorthead Seahorse
- Scientific name:
- Hippocampus breviceps
- Family:
- Syngnathidae
- Order:
- Gasterosteiformes
Additional information
The species usually has long filaments on the head. It occurs in shallow, weedy habitats in southern New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and south- western Western Australia. The species grows to a maximum size of about 10 cm.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Hippocampus breviceps, Shorthead Seahorse, Syngnathidae, brown, pink, 10 cm, spotted, mottled, weedy, marine, adult,
