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Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16.

Common Names

  • Japanese seahorse , English , Singapore
  • Japanese seahorse , English , Viet Nam
  • Japanese seahorse , English , UK
  • Jaapani merihobuke , Estonian , Estonia
  • Kitano-umi-uma , Japanese , Japan
  • Sangotatsu , Japanese , Japan
  • 산호해마 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 日本海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 莫氏海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 莫氏海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cá ngựa nhật , Vietnamese , Viet Nam
  • Cá Ngựa Nhật Bản , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippocampus

    Species: Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    In Zostera seagrass beds; also in estuaries. Length type refers to height (= TL - head length). 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