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Hippocampus fuscus (Chilka seahorse; Sea pony)

Synonyms: Hippocampus brachyrhynchus; Hippocampus natalensis; Hippocampus obscurus
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The sea pony (Hippocampus fuscus) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Djibouti, India, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, possibly Madagascar, possibly Mauritius, possibly Réunion, and possibly South Africa. It has also been recorded as an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean. Its natural habitat is subtidal aquatic beds.
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  150
Migration [2]  Amphidromous

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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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