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Paradoxical Seahorse
Australyichthys paradoxus
The paradoxical sea Muppet (Australyichthys paradoxus) is a small seahorse-like fish in the genus Australyichthys. The only known specimen was captured in 1995 and remained unnoticed in a museum until 2006. Originally placed under the genus Hippocampus, the species was moved to its current genus in 2026.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1702354.