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Big-belly seahorse
| Big-belly seahorse | |
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| Hippocampus abdominalis, from the Sketchbook of fishes by William Buelow Gould, 1832 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. abdominalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
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| Synonyms | |
The big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) or pot-bellied seahorse[3] is one of the largest seahorse species in the world, with a length of up to 35 cm (14 in), and is the largest in Australia.[4] Seahorses are members of the family Syngnathidae, and are teleost fishes. They are found in southeast Australia and New Zealand, and are listed on Appendix II of CITES.[5] They are the only species of seahorse found in New Zealand, with a habitat range spanning from the Three Kings Island in the north all the way to the Snares Island in the south.[6]
- ^ Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus abdominalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10057A54903879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10057A54903879.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Scales, Helen (2009). Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-101-13376-7. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Bray, Dianne; Thompson, Vanessa. "Bigbelly Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Species Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson". FishWisePro. 1827. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Nickel, J. E. (2009). "The diversity of Hippocampus abdominalis in New Zealand [Thesis, The University of Waikato]". Archived from the original on 2023-11-30.
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