Specimen A 8972.1 Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869

• Taxon Name

  Hippocampus breviceps

• Author and date of publication

  Peters, 1869

• Preferred Common name

  Shorthead Seahorse

• Date Identified

  1990

• Identified By

  Rosalind J. Poole - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Sex

  Female, Male

• Stage Or Age

  adult, adult

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%; Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: Ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Rudie H. Kuiter

• Date Visited From

  21/02/1981

• Date Visited To

  21/02/1981

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Actinopterygii

• Order

  Syngnathiformes

• Suborder

  Syngnathoidei

• Family

  Syngnathidae

• Genus

  Hippocampus

• Species Name

  breviceps