http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ead/ecosysdocs/seahorse/seahorsebrazilreport.pdf Live Trade In South America, live seahorses were traded predominantly by Brazil. Brazil is one of the world’sleading exporters of ornamental fishes and was among the 15 most important global traders BETWEEN 1995 and 1997.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1334218/