🌊 Marine
🌡️ Tropical
Réunion seahorse
Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870
📖 Overview
Length type is height (=TL - head length). Found in seagrass beds. Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
Scientific Name
Hippocampus borboniensis
Authority
Duméril, 1870
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Other
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
12.00/100
Migration
Non-migratory
Salinity
30–40 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Syngnathiformes
Syngnathiformes
Family
Syngnathidae
Syngnathidae
Genus
Hippocampus
Hippocampus
Species
Réunion seahorse
Hippocampus borboniensis
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18. : other.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Réunion seahorse is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
Size at Maturity
8cm TL
Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range ? - 60 m . Tropical east coast of southern Africa.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
⬇️ Benthic
Migration
Non-migratory
Trophic Level
3.4±0.4
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00447 × L3
(TL)
Dorsal Rays
17
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
30–40ppt
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
12.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Body Shape
Other
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Duméril, 1870
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