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Created 7/23/2022

Family Syngnathidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Hippocampus histrix



Alor, Indonesia
  

SPINY SEAHORSE

A species complex, rarely seen in Hawaii as a pelagic drifter, among sponges elsewhere.  Attains 7 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawaii and the Society Islands.