Image: Monte Bello Seahorse, Hippocampus montebelloensis
A Monte Bello Seahorse holding onto a crinoid. The photograph was taken on a sandy bottom at a depth of 13 m, Port Hedland, Western Australia, 2011. This is probably the first Monte Bello Seahorse photographed alive.
- Photographer:
- Tony Ayling
- Rights:
- © Tony Ayling
- Order:
- Gasterosteiformes
Additional information
The species was described by Rudie Kuiter in 2001.
More information on the Fishes of Australia website.
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