Short-snouted Seahorse
Hippocampus breviceps
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 617
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The knobby seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps), also known as the short-headed seahorse or short-snouted seahorse, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It inhabits coastal waters in southwestern and southeastern Australia, from Gregory to Bremer Bay (Western Australia), and from Denial Bay (South Australia) to Newcastle (New South Wales).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Knobby seahorse”.