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What is a seahorse classifiled as?
Seahorses compose the fish genus Hippocampus
What is seahorses real name?
Seahorse is the general name given to 54 species in the genus Hippocampus.
Are seahorses fish or crustaceans?
A seahorse is a fish. There are 54 species of these small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus.
What aquatic creature is the hippocampus?
The Hippocampus is the genus name for seahorses. It is also the name of a mythological creature with the upper half of a horse and the lower half of a fish or dolphin. The hippocampus region of the brain was named due to its resemblance to a sea-horse.
What is the taxonomy of a seahorse?
The taxonomy of a seahorse is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes Family: Syngnathidae Genus: Hippocampus Species: Varies depending on the specific seahorse species
When were seahorses discovered?
Seahorses were discovered in ancient times, but the first scientific description was made in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy. He classified them in the genus Hippocampus.
What is the scientific names for sea hores?
Seahorse is the title given to forty-seven species of marine fish in the genus Hippocampus. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster".
What other scientific name of sea cow?
Seahorses and related pipe-fishes are of the genus Hippocampus, in the family Syngnathidae. The name of the common or spotted seahorse is Hippocampus kuda
What genus of male fish get pregnant?
Hippocampus.
What animal group are seahorses?
The seahorse belongs to the phlum, chordata
What is the species name for a seahorse?
in the fish genus hippocampus
What class is a seahorse kingdom phylom class order family genius or species?
uhhh its all of them? i may have not understood your question but seahorses belong to a certain domain, kingdom, phylum and so on. Its not a spesific one. There are a few species of seahorses. That's only the common name of their genus, hippocampus. To give an exaple heres the breakdown of humans Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Mammalia order: Primata family: Hominidae Genus: Homo <--- this is where hippocampus or "seahorse" would be Species: sapiens
