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Western Atlantic: Canada (off Scotian shelf) to Brazil; including countries of the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies. A southern form that may prove to be a separate species is known from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and questionably from Suriname.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
6.3
range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref.
30915
); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref.
1285
)
Generally in coastal waters; often around man-made structures (Ref.
26938
). Usually attached to gorgonians or seagrasses but may occur in floating
Sargassum
or swimming freely in midwater (Ref.
9710
). Those that live in
Sargassum
usually have bony protuberances and fleshy tabs that may serve as camouflage. Has been reared in captivity (Ref.
35420
,
35422
). Move into deeper waters during winter (Ref.
36630
). Feeds by sucking in small organisms, using its long face as a pipette (Ref.
26938
); like small crustaceans (Ref.
27549
). 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).
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
)
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 12.1 - 27, mean 24 °C (based on 144 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
): 3.5 ±0.51 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.34; tmax=1; Fec=1,552).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Unknown
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 47.1 [22.2, 120.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.62 [0.33, 1.15] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.4, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.186 [0.102, 0.333] g/100g; Selenium = 15.1 [6.8, 35.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 78.1 [23.5, 255.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.985 [0.614, 1.530] mg/100g (wet weight);
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