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A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef

  • Horne M
Records of the Australian Museum (2001) 53(2) 243-246
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1330
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Abstract

A new seahorse, Hippocampus queenslandicus (family Syngnathidae) is described from northern Queensland, Australia. Diagnostic characters include meristics: 15-18 dorsal-fin rays, 16-17 pectoral-fin rays, 10-11 trunk rings, 34-36 tail rings, and the presence of body and tail spines, as well as a moderately low coronet with five distinct spines.

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Horne, M. L. (2001). A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef. Records of the Australian Museum, 53(2), 243–246. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1330

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