FB-64891 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64891 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Scorpaenidae Sebastapistes Sebastapistes taeniophrys (Fowler, 1943) Walea pygmy seahorse 2009-03-16 2019-09-11 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter0 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 25 September 2012. UNEP. (Ref. 93496) 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. 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(Ref. 131153) FB-GeneralDescr-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 16:34:02 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 Found in association with the soft coral Nephtea, but has also been observed swimming lengthy distances from one coral to the next (Ref 90102). Short, G., R. Smith, H. Motomura, D. Harasti and H. Hamilton 2018 Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 779:27-49. (Ref. 118476) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 17:38:24 2021-08-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 This species is distinguished by the following characters: size extremely small (height 1.68 cm, 1.78 cm SL); trunks rings 12; tail elongate, 32 tail rings; D 12; pectoral fin rays 9; no anal fin (at least in one sex); apparently eggs brooded within trunk; medium length snout which lacks a bulbous tip; coronet raised and angular; fused gill openings on midline behind the coronet supported by raised cleithral girdle; enlarged knob-like structures on head and trunk; paired laterally directed knob-like structures and each with short fleshy filament on superior trunk ridge of the fifth trunk ring; last 28 tail rings each with small paired knobs on inferior tail ridge, fifth, ninth and twelfth tail rings with bilaterally paired enlarged knob-like structures on superior tail ridges. Colouration: pale pinkish to yellowish with red to brown blotches, radiating bands from eye; body protuberances are white, appearing as white spots (Ref. 80667). Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) FB-Morphology-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 17:38:24 2021-08-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) FB-Distribution-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 16:51:09 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 Western Central Pacific: Indonesia. Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) FB-LifeCycle-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2009-03-31 16:34:02 2024-03-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=64901&StockCode=54905 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-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-01 19:29:41 2009-04-01 19:29:41 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ waleananus Only found in association with the soft coral Nephtea, but has also been observed swimming lengthy distances from one coral to the next (Ref. 80667). Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) FB-Size-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 16:34:02 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 1.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 80667)) Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-64901 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-03-31 16:34:02 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64901 benthopelagic; non-migratory; marine; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 80667) Gomon, M.F. and R.H. Kuiter 2009 Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(1):37-44. (Ref. 80667)