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Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
SPOTTED SEAHORSE
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Hippocampus kuda Bleeker , 1852

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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: Bleeker .

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 68 m (Ref. 37816 ), usually 0 - 8 m (Ref. 90102 ). Tropical; 39°N - 28°S, 32°E - 154°W (Ref. 57009 )

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Indo-Pacific: southern Africa, the Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia; north to Japan, south to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 14.0   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-18; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 4.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit seagrass and marine algae areas of estuaries and seaward reefs; also on steep mud slopes. Found in open water and attached to drifting Sargassum up to 20 km from shore. Adults in pairs (Ref. 48635 ). Benthic to pelagic (Ref. 58302 ). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 85309 ). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205 ). The males carry the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205 ). Not shown to be monogamous in the laboratory (Ref. 30915 ). Very popular aquarium fish. Highly valued species in traditional Chinese medicine (Ref. 30915 ). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35416 ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

There are 20 - 1000 larvae in incubating sacks; time of development is 20-28 days. The males carry the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (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+3cd+4cd); Date assessed: 16 August 2012

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 21.3 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 1008 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 ):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Generation time: 1.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=0.6; Fec=20-1000). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 120 [63, 293] mg/100g; Iron = 1.43 [0.71, 2.71] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.8, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.117 [0.048, 0.280] g/100g; Selenium = 80.9 [32.1, 214.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.5 [6.8, 105.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.06 [1.22, 3.28] mg/100g (wet weight);

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