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Spotted seahorse

Characteristics

  • Recorded singly and in female-male pairs.
  • After courtship, eggs will be transferred from female to male. The male will carry eggs in a specialised ventral brood pouch until hatching.
  • Feeds on zooplankton.

Description

  • Body colour variable for camouflaging, from yellow to black, or pale with dark spots.
  • A “coronet” (crown-like structure) is clearly visible on the head, curled slight backwards.
  • Thick snout and does not have any nose spines.

Common Name: Spotted seahorse, Yellow seahorse

Family Common Name: Seahorses

Family: Syngnathidae

Scientific Name: Hippocampus kuda___(Bleeker, 1852)

Genus: Hippocampus

Maximum Length: 30 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Spotted seahorse

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