Hippocampus borboniensis
Dumeril
1870 (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Description
Maximum recorded adult height: 14 cm
Colour/pattern: Dusty green-brown with dusty yellow dots and marbling and broken lines on head; or dark and uniform
Trunk rings: 11
Tail rings: 35–36 (34–38)
Rings supporting dorsal fin: 2 trunk rings and 1 tail ring
Dorsal fin rays: 17 (16–18)
Pectoral fin rays: 15–16
Coronet: Low, with five rounded knobs
Spines: Well-developed rounded knobs
Other distinctive characteristics: Usually has prominent rounded eye spine
Similar species: H.fuscus and H.kuda
Maximum recorded adult height: 14 cm
Colour/pattern: Dusty green-brown with dusty yellow dots and marbling and broken lines on head; or dark and uniform
Trunk rings: 11
Tail rings: 35–36 (34–38)
Rings supporting dorsal fin: 2 trunk rings and 1 tail ring
Dorsal fin rays: 17 (16–18)
Pectoral fin rays: 15–16
Coronet: Low, with five rounded knobs
Spines: Well-developed rounded knobs
Other distinctive characteristics: Usually has prominent rounded eye spine
Similar species: H.fuscus and H.kuda
Synonym (s)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Importance: Commercial
(Dried for traditional medicine and curios; live for aquarium or hobbyist use.)
Importance: Commercial
(Dried for traditional medicine and curios; live for aquarium or hobbyist use.)
Ecology
Habitat: Benthic
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
Habitat: Benthic
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
Biogeography
• Tamil Nadu, Thondi INDIA (Record: 2004)
• MAURITIUS (Record: 2004)
• MOZAMBIQUE (Record: 2004)
• MADAGASCAR (Record: 2004)
• COMOROS (Record: 2004)
• Kerala, Kochi, Sakthikulangara INDIA (Record: 2005)
• Kerala, Kozhikode INDIA (Record: 2005)
• Tamil Nadu, Thondi INDIA (Record: 2004)
• MAURITIUS (Record: 2004)
• MOZAMBIQUE (Record: 2004)
• MADAGASCAR (Record: 2004)
• COMOROS (Record: 2004)
• Kerala, Kochi, Sakthikulangara INDIA (Record: 2005)
• Kerala, Kozhikode INDIA (Record: 2005)
Literature Source(s)
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Lourie, SA; Foster, SJ; Cooper, EWT and Vincent, ACJ (2004) A guide to the identification of Seahorses Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America. Washington D.C.: University of British Columbia and World Wildlife Fund. 1-114 Available at - http://seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca
- Salin, KR and Yohannan, M (2005) Fisheries and trade of Seahorses, Hippocampus spp., in Southern India Fisheries Management and Ecology 12 269-273 Available at - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118662924/PDFSTART