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Hippocampus kuda
Updated 12/20/2022
Family Syngnathidae
EAST INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Hippocampus
kuda
SPOTTED SEAHORSE
Locally common in bays and estuaries where it
clings to rocks, seaweed, or debris. It was extremely rare in
Hawaii before the millennium.
Trapezoidal crest atop head, yellow to dark brown without elaborate
markings. Attains 7 inches.
Pakistan to Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands. |
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