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Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 23; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4.

Common Names

  • Korthovedet søhest , Danish , Denmark
  • Knobby seahorse , English , USA
  • Short-head seahorse , English , Australia
  • Short-headed seahorse , English , UK
  • Short-snouted seahorse , English , Australia
  • Shorthead seahorse , English , Australia
  • 短头海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短頭海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippocampus

    Species: Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Adults inhabit inshore waters (Ref. 7300). Occur in small to large aggregations in weed patches attached to rocks on sand, mostly in Sargassum weeds (Ref. 9002). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128812.

    Habitat

    demersal