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| Hippocampus Temporal range: Lower Miocene to Present | |
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| Genus: | Hippocampus Cuvier, 1816 |
Seahorses are a type of teleost fish. They are in the genus Hippocampus. They are called 'seahorses' because their head looks like a horse's head. There are about 32–48 species of seahorse. Seahorses live in tropical oceans.
Seahorses use camouflage to hide.
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