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Family Syngnathidae

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Hippocampus hilonis 

Waikiki Aquarium

HAWAIIAN SMOOTH SEAHORSE

Uncommon in bays and estuaries where it clings to rocks or debris.  It was extremely rare before the millennium.  Color ranges from yellow to dark brown.  Attains 7 inches.  Endemic to Hawai‘i.  Formerly recorded in Hawai‘i as Hippocampus kuda.