Animalia > Chordata > Syngnathiformes > Syngnathidae > Hippocampus > Hippocampus trimaculatus

Hippocampus trimaculatus (Flat-faced seahorse; Longnose seahorse; Lowcrown seahorse; Low-crowned seahorse; Smooth seahorse; Three-spot seahorse; Three-spotted Seahorse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The flat-faced seahorse, longnose seahorse, low-crowned seahorse, or three-spot seahorse (Hippocampus trimaculatus) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Hippocampus trimaculatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hippocampus trimaculatus

Attributes

Gestation [1]  16 days
Litter Size [1]  1,783

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dollfustrema hippocampi[2]
Opegaster hippocampi[2]
Opegaster tamori[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management, S. J. FOSTER AND A. C. J. VINCENT, Journal of Fish Biology (2004) 65, 1–61
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0