Hippocampus casscsio, the Beibu Bay seahorse,[3] is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found off the coast of Hainan, China, and from sites around Beibu Bay/the Gulf of Tonkin. It inhabits shallow coastal waters to depths of 15 metres (49 ft).[1] It is expected to consume small benthic and planktonic crustaceans such as copepods, shrimps, and mysids, similar to other seahorses. This species is ovoviviparous, with males brooding eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth to live young.[1] It grows to a length of 13.3 centimetres (5.2 in).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. casscsio
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus casscsio Zhang, Qin, Wang & Lin, 2016
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References
edit- ^ a b c Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus casscsio". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T112664105A112664119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T112664105A112664119.en.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hippocampus casscsio". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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