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Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 19.

Common Names

  • Smalbuget søhest , Danish , Denmark
  • Big-head seahorse , English , Australia
  • Bighead seahorse , English , Australia
  • Eastern spiny seahorse , English , Australia
  • Narrow-bellied seahorse , English , UK
  • Northern spiny seahorse , English , Australia
  • Western Australian seahorse , English , Australia
  • Western spiny seahorse , English , Australia
  • 棘海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 棘海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 猬海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蝟海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 西澳海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 西澳海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippocampus

    Species: Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Found in sheltered bays. Color varies from either white, orange or yellow with light patches and sometimes network of fine dark lines; also with narrow lines across snout. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), monogamous (Ref. 36642). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    associated