Japanese Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus japapigu Short, Smith, Motomura, Harasti & Hamilton, 2018) Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan

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Under 5mm long. Always behind seaweed or rock for hiding. And moving quickly. So it is so hard finding it out. This seahorse had not had the scientific name longtime from it was discovered. Japanese divers have been calling it Japapigu longtime. Japapigu is the shortens the name from Japanse pygmy seahorse. This name is spreading to the world through the internet, the scientific name is named after this colloquial Japanese name.

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Size: 4679px × 3119px
Location: Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Photo credit: © LITTLE DINOSAUR / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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