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Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
WEST AFRICAN SEAHORSE
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Hippocampus algiricus, West African seahorse
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Hippocampus algiricus Kaup , 1856

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Kaup .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 128812 ). Tropical; 15°N - 15°S, 27°W - 14°E

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Eastern Central Atlantic: Western Sahara to Angola.

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Maturity: L m 9.0   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.2 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 30915 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-18.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Length type refers to height (= TL - head length). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205 ). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205 ).

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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205 ).

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Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster , 2016. A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Vulnerable (VU)  (A2cd+4cd); Date assessed: 22 November 2016

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 25.6 - 28, mean 27.4 °C (based on 171 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00177 - 0.01127), b=3.00 (2.78 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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