FB-53792 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53792 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Hippocampus Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849 Fisher's seahorse Hippocampus kuda (non Bleeker, 1852) 1999-08-17 2023-06-06 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the University of British Columbia Fish Museum Fish Museum. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (Ref. 10937) Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall0 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM). Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai`I, 96817-0916 USA. (Ref. 31667) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Hilton-Taylor, C.0 2002 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. (Ref. 44092) Mundy, B.C.0 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 25 September 2012. UNEP. (Ref. 93496) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 12 June 2013. UNEP. (Ref. 94142) CITES and UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 05 February 2015. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. Http://checklist.cites.org. [Accessed 04/11/2015]. (Ref. 102318) CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 10 March 2016. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 23/06/2016]. (Ref. 108899) Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster0 A global revision of the seahorses <i>Hippocampus</i> Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 04 April 2017. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 01/08/2017]. (Ref. 115941) CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 04 October 2017. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 08/17/2017]. (Ref. 118484) State of hawaii0 SWAP species fact sheets. https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/hswap/fact-sheets/ [Accessed 13/08/2020]. (Ref. 122680) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 11 January 2023 and 25 November 2023. UNEP. (Ref. 128078) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-GeneralDescr-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2024-05-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Length type refers to Height (= from tip of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster 2016 A global revision of the seahorses <i>Hippocampus</i> Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213) FB-DiagnosticDescr-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2000-01-18 00:00:00 2016-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 Description: (based on 18 specimens): Adult height: 5.0-8.0cm. Rings: 11 + 37-38 (36-39). Snout length: 2.2-2.3 in head length. Dorsal fin rays: 17-18 covering 2-3+1-2 rings. Pectoral fin rays: 15 (13-16). Coronet: slightly raised with five tiny sharp points. Spines: small, but quite sharp; occasional spines expanded and flattened. Other distinctive characters: small, sharp, slightly hooked double eye and cheek spines; prominent, sharp, hook-like spine in front of coronet; two spines behind coronet. Color pattern: golden orange, red or pink; enlarged knobs brighter color; head, crown and snout orange brown; pouch paler than rest of body in males; some with blackish mottling. Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall 1999 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915) FB-Distribution-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 Western Pacific: Hawaii. Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster 2016 A global revision of the seahorses <i>Hippocampus</i> Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213) FB-Uses-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2024-05-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 fisheries: of no interest FB-LifeCycle-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2024-05-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=53803&StockCode=44621 Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rubyann Robelle Polido 2020-11-06 00:00:00 2020-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public fisheri Pelagic, attaches to floating algae (Ref. 122680). State of hawaii 2020 SWAP species fact sheets. https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/hswap/fact-sheets/ [Accessed 13/08/2020]. (Ref. 122680) FB-Size-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2024-05-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 8.0 cm OT (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30915)) Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall 1999 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-53803 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1999-08-20 00:00:00 2024-05-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=53803 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 0 - ? m