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Seahorse

Syngnathidae family

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Description:

Seahorses compose the fish genus Hippocampus within the family Syngnathidae, in order Syngnathiformes. Syngnathidae also includes the pipefishes. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning “sea monster”.

Habitat:

Spotted in the Amsterdam zoo.

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