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Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 3.

Common Names

  • Knysna-seeperdjie , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Cape seahorse , English , UK
  • Knysna seahorse , English , South Africa
  • Knysna Seahorse , English , UK
  • 南非海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 南非海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippocampus

    Species: Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Found in bays and estuaries among submerged vegetation; diurnal (Ref. 4281, 30915). Can tolerate salinities from 1-59 ppt (Ref. 30915). 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). Breeding in the aquarium is possible (Ref. 130565).

    Habitat

    demersal