Hippocampus tyro

Hippocampus tyro
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Genus:Hippocampus
Species: H. tyro
Binomial name
Hippocampus tyro
J. E. Randall & Lourie, 2009

Hippocampus tyro is a seahorse, a fish in the family Syngnathidae. The species is only known from a single specimen caught off of the coast of the Seychelles at a depth of between 43 and 48m.[2]

References

  1. Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus tyro". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T47728650A47728857. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. Randall, J. E., & Lourie, S. A. (2009). Hippocampus tyro, a new seahorse (Gasterosteiformes: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles. Smithiana Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, 10, 19-21.


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