kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
class: Actinopterygii >
order: Syngnathiformes >
family: Syngnathidae >
genus: Hippocampus >
South East Asia: Indonesia (Ref. 79848) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 90102).
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Lourie, S.A. and R.H. Kuiter. Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). Zootaxa 1963:54-68. (2008).
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Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (2012).