Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Barbour’s Seahorse
Hippocampus barbouri
Barbour’s Seahorse
Category: Seahorses
Scientific Name: Hippocampus barbouri
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family) Seahorses and Pipefishes
      └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
       └Hippocampus (Genus) Seahorses
        └H. barbouri (Species)
WoRMS ID: 275186🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102811🔗

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