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Hippocampus bargibanti, also known as Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area. [3]This pygmy seahorse is tiny—usually less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in size—and lives exclusively on gorgonian sea-fans, as its coloration and physical features expertly mimic the coral for camouflage. [4]
The first pygmy seahorse known to science was Hippocampus bargibanti. At least six more species were named after 2000. The first species discovered lives exclusively on fan corals and matches their colour and appearance. So effective is pygmy seahorse camouflage that it was discovered only when a host gorgonian was being examined in a laboratory.
Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 (pygmy seahorse) Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 (short-headed seahorse) Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854 (giraffe seahorse) Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900 (Knysna seahorse) Hippocampus casscsio Zhang, Qin, Wang & Lin, 2016 [65] (Beibu Bay seahorse) Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003 ...
The subfamily Hippocampinae is named after the seahorse genus Hippocampus, which is derived from the Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippokampos), a compound of ἵππος, "horse" and κάμπος, "sea monster". The morphologically intermediate nature of pygmy pipehorses is reflected in the name "pipehorse", a combination of the first ...
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Monkseaton is an area of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.Historically in Northumberland, it is in the north-east of the borough, 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 kilometres) from the North Sea coast and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (2.5 km) north of the River Tyne at North Shields. [3]
The bullneck seahorse (Hippocampus Minotaur) is a pygmy seahorse in the genus Hippocampus.This seahorse has never been found in the wild, [1] and little is known about its natural habitat.
The site became part of the park system in 1938, and the house was restored by locals between 1948 and 1955. [2] Additional property has been purchased for the park by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund, including Sportsman's Hill, the first horse racing track west of the Appalachians. In 2019 ...