Short-snouted Seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The short-snouted seahorse is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the North Atlantic, particularly around Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the Canary Islands, with small populations extending from the Atlantic into the North Sea.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus