Seahorse (Latin scientific name: hippocampus) is the collective name for several species of small fish that live in warm seas of the family Asteridae. It is a small marine animal with a body length of 5 to 30 centimeters. It is named because its head is bent at almost a right angle to the body. The head is horse-shaped and forms an angle with the body. The snout is long and tubular, the mouth is small, and there is one dorsal fin, both of which are composed of rays. The eyes can move independently.
Seahorses are slow-moving, but they can very efficiently capture copepods that are fast-moving and good at hiding. They are distributed in the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, the Pacific, and Australia.
Chinese scientific name? Hippocampus
Latin scientific name? Hippocampus
Kingdom? Animal kingdom
Phylum? Chordata
Subphylum? Subphylum Vertebrate
Class? Class Teleosts
Subclass? Subclass Actinopterygium
Order? Order Spiny Fish
p>Suborder? Hydrasaurus
Family? Hydrasauridae
Genus? Seahorse
Distribution area? Atlantic, Europe, Pacific, Australia