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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippocampus&speciesname=capensis ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippocampus&speciesname=capensis http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippocampus&speciesname=capensis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippocampus&speciesname=capensis https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippocampus&speciesname=capensis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Hippocampus-capensis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Hippocampus hippocampus Species in    Hippocampus Species in    Syngnathidae - Classification - Syngnathinae Syngnathidae Syngnathiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Hippocampus capensis Boulenger , 1900 Knysna seahorse Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Hippocampus capensis Female picture by Lourie, S.A. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Boulenger . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 27 m (Ref. 130565 ). Temperate; 18°C - 22°C (Ref. 130565 ); 33°S - 34°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Atlantic: endemic to South Africa. Hippocampus capensis has the smallest known range of any seahorse and was the first to be assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, in 1994. Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 5.8   range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.1 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 31848 ); common length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4281 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-18; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 3. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found in bays and estuaries among submerged vegetation; diurnal (Ref. 4281 , 30915 ). Can tolerate salinities from 1-59 ppt (Ref. 30915 ). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205 ). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205 ). Length type refers to Height (= from top of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). Breeding in the aquarium is possible (Ref. 130565 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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 )   Endangered (EN)  (B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 09 March 2017 CITES Appendix II: International trade monitored CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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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 ):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=1; Fec=7). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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