Hippocampus spinosissimus

The hedgehog seahorse, or Queensland Seahorsehttps://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102835-Hippocampus-spinosissimus, is accredited to a Weber in 1913, whoever that is. I'm not sure, but its species name may be related to Italian for thornyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=spinosissimo&oldid=63122879. It derives from Latin anyways, but looks closer to the Italian forms than the Latin onehttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=spinosus&oldid=67171299. They are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCNhttps://www.iucnredlist.org/species/107259870/54906372. They can be found in the oceans of northwest Australia (Queensland State)https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1549 and Malaysiahttps://projectseahorse.org/resource/food-and-feeding-habits-of-the-seahorses-hippocampus-spinosissimus-and-hippocampus-trimaculatus-malaysia/. They are sometimes misidentified as H. histrix.https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hippocampus-spinosissimus.html H. aimei and H. arnei are apparently synonyms for them, though I don't know what went about or what happened for them to decide that they were the same. 
They are not the only seahorse in Queensland. Winged seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1548 pygmy seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1540 low-crowned seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1546 Denise's seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4772 Bighead seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4037 Hendricki seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3336 thorny seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2696 common seahorses,https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1536 dull seahorses (what a terrible name),https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1544 and zebra seahorses.https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1539 However, they do seem to have a wide range of Queensland and, at least in Australia, seem to only be found there. The name hedgehog comes from hedgehogs, of course. To be honest, I don't see how these are particularly spiny. I guess they do have lots of little bumps everywhere, but there are seahorses with much longer spikes that are more hedgehog like.
== Sea also ==
* Seahorses
* Hedgehogs
== External links ==
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tr8W-r4thg&pp=ygURaGVkZ2Vob2cgc2VhaG9yc2U%3D
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