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Hippocampus - Seahorses

Hippocampus jayakari

Boulenger, 1900

Jayakar's Seahorse

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Arabian Sea.

Size: 6 inches (14 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow inshore seagrass beds and feeds on minute crustaceans.

General Husbandry: Beige to pale cream in color, with a pattern of large white spots on body and face.

Not purposely collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Suborder: Syngnathoidei

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippocampus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Hippocampus jayakari (Jayakar's Seahorse)
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