Hippocampus Temporal range: Lower Miocene to Present
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Genus: | Hippocampus Cuvier, 1816
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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.[1]