Hippocampus algiricus

Common name is the West African seahorse. The species being recognized by science is attributed to Kaup in 1856, though the actual scientific name he gave and details of this are unknown to this writer. It is found in oceans between Senegal and Angola.https://fishbase.se/summary/53788 It has been harvested for Chinese Traditional Medicine and is listed as Vulnerable in 2016https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41007/54907846. Hybrids between these and those of Hippocampus hippocampus have been observed at Gran Canaria Island.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365616/
== Sea also ==
Seahorses
== References ==
Category:Seahorses