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Hippocampus patagonicus Patagonian Seahorse

Hippocampus patagonicus is commonly referred to as Patagonian Seahorse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
9193 
AphiaID:
275205 
Scientific:
Hippocampus patagonicus 
German:
Seepferdchen 
English:
Patagonian Seahorse 
Category:
Seahorses 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > patagonicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004 
Occurrence:
Argentina, Brazil, South America, Uruguay 
Sea depth:
4 Meter 
Size:
up to 6.3" (16 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not for beginners 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-04-24 11:31:12 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Hippocampus patagonicus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Hippocampus patagonicus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Hippocampus patagonicus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampinae (Subfamily) > Hippocampus (Genus) > Hippocampus patagonicus (Species)

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

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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