Teresa (Zubi) Zuberbühler, Schweiz
Info
Kuiter, 2001
Special thanks for the foto of Hippocampus alatus to Teresa Zubi from starfish.ch!
Distribution:
Western Central Pacific: northern Australia (including Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia) and southeastern Papua New Guinea. International trade is monitored through a licensing system (CITES II, since 5.15.04) and a minimum size of 10 cm applies. Formerly classified as vulnerable in the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species.
Biology:
Adults inhabit soft bottom of the continental shelf.
Maximum length is based on a straight-line length measurement from upper surface (ignoring spines) of first trunk ring, to tip of tail. Ovoviviparous.
The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
Special thanks for the foto of Hippocampus alatus to Teresa Zubi from starfish.ch!
Distribution:
Western Central Pacific: northern Australia (including Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia) and southeastern Papua New Guinea. International trade is monitored through a licensing system (CITES II, since 5.15.04) and a minimum size of 10 cm applies. Formerly classified as vulnerable in the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species.
Biology:
Adults inhabit soft bottom of the continental shelf.
Maximum length is based on a straight-line length measurement from upper surface (ignoring spines) of first trunk ring, to tip of tail. Ovoviviparous.
The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
