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Seahorse species

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Long-snouted Seahorse (H. guttulatus)

The long-snouted seahorse, found in Europe, is often found on seagrasses, macroalgae and colonial invertebrates.

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Distribution of sympatric seahorse species along a gradient of habitat complexity in a seagrass-dominated community
We present estimates of local population abundance, distribution and habitat preference for 2 European seahorse species, Hippocampus guttulatus and H. hippocampus. We predicted that these sympatric...
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A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses by S.A Lourie, S.J. Foster, E.W.T. Cooper and A.C.J. Vincent (2004). Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America. Washington D.C., University of British Columbia and World Wildlife Fund. Illustrations by Laurence Richardson. This publication is available here as a single PDF file or in sections.

Big-belly seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis West African seahorse, Hippocampus algiricus
Narrow-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus angustus Barbour's seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri
Bargibant's seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti Reunion seahorse, Hippocampus borboniensis
Short-headed seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps Giraffee seahorse, Hippocampus camelopardalis
Cape/Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis Tiger tail seahorse, Hippocampus comes
Crowned seahorse, Hippocampus coronatus Dwarf seahorse, Hippocampus zosterae
Denise's seahorse, Hippocampus denise Lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus
Fisher's seahorse, Hippocampus fisheri Sea pony, Hippocampus fuscus
Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus Short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus
Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus histrix Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens
Jayakar's seahorse, Hippocampus jayakari Kellogg's seahorse, Hippocampus kelloggi
Yellow seahorse, Hippocampus kuda Lichtenstein's seahorse, Hippocampus lichtensteinii
Bullneck seahorse, Hippocampus minotaur Japanese seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei
Slender seahorse, Hippocampus reidi Shiho's seahorse, Hippocampus sindonis
Hedgehog seahorse, Hippocampus spinosissimus West Australian seahorse, Hippocampus subelongatus
Three-spot seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei
Zebra seahorse, Hippocampus zebra  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Easy-to-use, interactive, online identification guides for identifying all seahorse species (dried or live) and the seahorse species found in the nine focal CITES Parties/countries can be found at HippocampusInfo.org.