What is the Hippocampus?

The hippocampus (Latin scientific name: hippocampus) is a collective name for several small marine species of the warm marine life of the sea dragon family of the echinopodidae . It is named after the head is bent and the body is close to a right angle. The head is horse-shaped and forms an angle with the body. The kiss is long and tubular, with a small mouth and one dorsal fin. The eyes can move independently.

The hippocampus is flat on the side of the head, with 2 nostrils on each side of the head, the head is bent at a near right angle to the body, and the fish is
In natural waters, hippocampus usually likes to live in the slow currents of coral reefs because they
The identification of male and female hippocampus and sea dragon is simple, that is, males have
China:
Numbering Chinese name Latin scientific name English name
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On June 17, 2019, Qingdao Customs cracked a case of smuggling of dried hippocampus with a large and endangered species. It seized 1.28 tons of smuggled dried hippocampus, a total of 495,361, and arrested 2 suspects.
38 species were included in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species 2012 ver 3.1.
Endangered (EN)-1 species, Vulnerable (VU)-10 species, Low-risk (LC)-1 species, Data Lack (DD)-26 species. [6]
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