Hippocampus haema, a surprising New Species of Seahorse from Japan & Korea

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Hippocampus haema is a new species of crowned seahorse from the northwest Pacific Ocean around Korea and Japan. The poster child for the crowned seahorses is Hippocampus coronatus, recognized by its pronounced and tall head crown or horn. Once thought to range from Korea to western and southern Japan, it turns out that the seahorses […]

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