Big-head seahorse

Big-head seahorse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: H. grandiceps
Binomial name
Hippocampus grandiceps
Kuiter, 2001[1]

The big-head seahorse (Hippocampus grandiceps) is a seahorse of average size that inhabits the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia. It reaches a maximum size of about 10 centimeters.[1]

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