Hippocampus abdominalis

The big-belly seahorse, or pot bellied seahorse, is a species of seahorse that lives in the Tasman sea and Gippsland lakes of the Australian continenthttps://www.water.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/541519/IEC2021_Fish-Summary-and-Veg-Maps_East-Gippsland.pdf. The species is attributed someone named Lesson in 1827, however the name he gave it and the details of the situation are not known to this wiki writer. There may be a subspecies differentiation needed between its southern and eastern forms.https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3332#moreinfohttps://reeflifesurvey.com/species/hippocampus-abdominalis This species tends to cheat on their spouse moreso than other seahorses, however their offspring continue to be genetically related only from the spousal pair. This may suggest that the way they mate with other individuals is done in a "safe" manner so that they do not fertilize.https://reeflifesurvey.com/species/hippocampus-abdominalis In November 2021 many pot bellied seahorses died due to flooding of a brackish lake, leading it to become too fresh for them to survive. One woman counted 36 dead in one small area, suggesting that perhaps a hundred or more died over the wider areahttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-25/dead-seahorses-gippsland-lakes/100647622?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web.
== Sea also ==
Seahorses
== References ==
Category:Australian marine life
Category:Seahorses
Category:Australian lake and river life