Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)

Overview of attention for article published in Zookeys, August 2018

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Sources: [National...

User IdyllicSafeguard, in the Awwducational subreddit, 21 Oct 2024

**Sources:** [National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/tiny-pygmy-seahorse-discovered-japan-news…

Sources: [National...

User IdyllicSafeguard, in the AIDKE subreddit, 21 Oct 2024

**Sources:** [National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/tiny-pygmy-seahorse-discovered-japan-news…

Described in [this...

User tea_and_biology, in the Awwducational subreddit, 23 Aug 2018

Described in [this paper](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24799) published in April this year, the Japanese Pygmy…

Scientists discovered a new species of tiny seahorse off the coast of Japan. It is abundant but only the size of a grain of rice and well camouflaged, so it’s been hiding in plain sight.

User eubolist, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 22 Aug 2018

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Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)

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**Sources:** [National...

User IdyllicSafeguard, in the Awwducational subreddit, 21 Oct 2024

**Sources:** [National...

User IdyllicSafeguard, in the AIDKE subreddit, 21 Oct 2024

Described in [this...

User tea_and_biology, in the Awwducational subreddit, 23 Aug 2018

Scientists discovered a new species of tiny seahorse off the coast of Japan. It is abundant but only the size of a grain of rice and well camouflaged, so it’s been hiding in plain sight.

User eubolist, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 22 Aug 2018

Sources: [National...

Sources: [National...