Global InformationKnobby seahorse information
| Knobby seahorse | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. breviceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus breviceps W. K. H. Peters, 1869
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The knobby seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps), also known as the short-headed seahorse or short-snouted seahorse,[3] 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).[1]
- ^ a b Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10063A54904334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10063A54904334.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Scales, Helen (2009). Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-101-13376-7. Retrieved 9 June 2019.