Hippocampus waleananus, the Walea pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse endemic to the Togian Islands in Indonesia, and is associated with specific soft corals.

[2][3] The species was described in 2009 from a single specimen which was found close to the island Walea.

A 2016 classification considered it a synonym of Hippocampus satomiae, Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 due to lack of sufficient morphological differences,[4] but following a reevaluation it is now recognised as a distinct species.

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