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An international study led by a team from the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), Kochi, has revealed a new species of seahorse in the Indian Ocean. The new species, Hippocampus amandavincentae, has been named after Amanda Vincent, a global authority on seahorses, one of the world’s foremost marine biologists and the founder of Project Seahorse. Read the full article here: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2026/Aug/10/researchers-discover-new-species-of-seahorse-in-indian-ocean … Read more

A UBC professor is being given the ultimate honour for decades of work researching seahorses and advocating for conservations. Amanda Vincent’s name will now forever live as the name of a newly identified species of the fish. Kylie Stanton from Global News reports.… Read more

Project Seahorse co-founder and director Prof. Amanda Vincent spoke with CBC News about Hippocampus amandavincentae, a newly described seahorse species from the Indian Ocean named in her honour. She shares how the species was discovered, what distinguishes it from other seahorses, and why accurately identifying species matters for their conservation.

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A Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos)-led international team has discovered a new species of thorny seahorse. The study, published in the science journal Zootaxa, reveals that the thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix), long believed to be a single species ranging from East Africa to the western Pacific, is a complex of three distinct species. The newly discovered Indian Ocean species, Hippocampus amandavincentae, was named after marine biologist Amanda Vincent. Read article

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