Hippocampus tyro

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status= DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author = Pollom, R. | year = 2017 | title = Hippocampus tyro | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2017 | page = e.T47728650A47728857 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47728650A47728857.en | doi-access = free }}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| taxon = Hippocampus tyro

| authority = J. E. Randall & Lourie, 2009

}}

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 at a depth of between 43 and 48mRandall, J. E., & Lourie, S. A. (2009). Hippocampus tyro, a new seahorse (Gasterosteiformes: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles. Smithiana Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, 10, 19-21. and another photographed near the coast of Sainte-Rose, Réunion.

The hippocampus tyro is unlike other seahorses of its class, because it has 14 trunk rings where as others have a range of 8-13. {{Cite web |last=Randall |first=John E. |last2=Lourie |first2=Sara A. |date=2009 |title=Hippocampus tyro, a new seahorse (Gasterosteiformes: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Hippocampus-tyro,-a-new-seahorse-Syngnathidae)-from-Lourie-Randall/169e1304809df9cb4cd4a08da66d48334d44e51b |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.semanticscholar.org}}