''Hippocampus tyro'' is a seahorse, a fish in the family Syngnathidae. The species is only known from a single specimen caught off of the coast of the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
at a depth of between 43 and 48m.
[Randall, J. E., & Lourie, S. A. (2009). Hippocampus tyro, a new seahorse (Gasterosteiformes: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles. Smithiana Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, 10, 19-21.]
References
tyro
Taxa named by John Ernest Randall
Fish described in 2009
Fauna of Seychelles
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