West African seahorse
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| West African seahorse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. algiricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856 |
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The West African seahorse (Hippocampus algiricus) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
[edit] Source
- Project Seahorse 2002. Hippocampus algiricus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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