Hippocampus curvicuspis New Caledonian thorny seahorse

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Copyright Richard Bajol; Foto: Noumea, Neukaledonien, Januar 2015

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AphiaID:: 388711

Scientific:: Hippocampus curvicuspis
German:: Seepferdchen
English:: New Caledonian Thorny Seahorse

Category:: Seahorses
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > curvicuspis (Species)
Initial determination:: Fricke, 2004

Occurrence:: New Caledonia
Size:: up to 3.86" (9.8 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis, Zooplankton
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-05 12:19:01
Last edit:: 2016-03-05 12:19:01

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Fricke, 2004

Very special thanks for the first photo of the New Caledonian thorny seahorse to Richard Bajol.

Hippocampus curvicuspis lives endemic to New Caledonia in the Western Pacific, where the seehorse is found in seagrass beds at depths of more than 6 meters.

Richard Bajol took the photo on the 12.01.15 at Noumea, New Caledonian.

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

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BenKimmich am 06.03.16#1

Hallo

Es wäre sehr interessant zu erfahren, auf Grund welches Kriteriums das Tier auf diesem Foto von H. histrix abgegrenzt wurde.

Gruss Ben

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