Slender seahorse
📖 Overview
Uncommon in most areas, but may be locally common in certain places. Usually attached to gorgonians or seagrasses but may occur in floating Sargassum or swimming freely in midwater . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail . Monogamous and always in home-ranging pairs, that is they do not defend an exclusive territory . Has been reared in captivity . Length type refers to Height (= from top of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128812.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 19. : other; Cross section: angular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Slender seahorse is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Slender seahorse is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Breeding season more than 8 months in laboratory; egg diameter 1.2 mm; gestation period 2 weeks, depending on water temperature; young approximately 7 mm at birth; pair-bonded in wild . Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and genetic .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; non-migratory ; depth range 0 - 60 m . Subtropical; 29°N - 25°S, 133°W - 40°W North Carolina) to Brazil; the Caribbean Sea.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Long-snout Seahorse · Longsnout Seahorse · Slender Sea Horse · Slender Seahorse |
| 🏳️Catalan | Cavallet de mar esvelt |
| 🌍CES | koníček dlouhonosý |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Langsnudet søhest |
| 🇩🇪German | Karibik-Seepferdchen · Langschnauzen-Seepferdchen · Langschnäuziges Seepferdchen |
| 🌍EST | Reidi merihobuke · Täpiline merihobu · Täpiline merihobuke |
| 🇫🇷French | Hippocampe à long nez |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Cavalluccio snello · Ippocampo snello |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Nagabana-tatsu · ナガバナタツ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Cavalo-marinho · Cavalo-marinho-de-focinho-longo · Cavalo-marinho-do-focinho-longo |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Конёк длинноносый |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Cabailito · Caballito de mar · Caballito de mar de hocico largo · Caballito de mar narizón · caballito hocico largo · Caballito Narizón |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 吻海馬 · 吻海马 · 鈍海馬 · 钝海马 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 15 records indexed .
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