Hippocampus breviceps, Shorthead seahorse

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Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869

Shorthead seahorse

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 52034). Temperate; 21°S - 43°S

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Indo-Pacific: endemic to south west Australia.

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Maturity: L_m 4.6 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 23; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4.

Adults inhabit inshore waters (Ref. 7300). Occur in small to large aggregations in weed patches attached to rocks on sand, mostly in Sargassum weeds (Ref. 9002). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128812.

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Male incubates the eggs in a pouch. Produces 50 to 100 young in single or combined brood from several females (Ref. 9002).

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Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster, 2016. A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2016

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Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15 - 18.4, mean 16.9 °C (based on 188 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00175 - 0.01142), b=2.99 (2.77 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.48 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=50-100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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