Hippocampus hendriki
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Like all seahorses, Hippocampus hendriki is afish. The species was firstdiscovered and described in 2001 by the underwater photographer Rudie H. Kuiter .
Distribution and way of life
Hippocampus hendriki lives in the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland on the southern foothills of the Great Barrier Reef at depths of 16 to 25 meters.
features
Hippocampus hendriki grow to about 10 cm. Its dorsal fin is supported by 17 to 18 soft rays. The body is surrounded by eleven ring-shaped plates of bone, the tail by 34. On the muzzle there are spines of medium length and a triangular cross-section. The thorns above the eyes are long but shorter than the diameter of the eyes, the following thorns on the sides of the head are longer. The crown is moderately high and runs diagonally in line with the head profile.
Reproduction
As with all seahorses, the female lays the eggs in a brood pouch on the male's belly. The thirty to forty cubs initially live pelagic after hatching .
literature
- Rudie H. Kuiter: Revision of the Australian Seahorses of the Genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with Descriptions of Nine New Species , Records of the Australian Museum (2001) Vol. 53: 293-340. ISSN 0067-1975 PDF
Web links
- Hippocampus hendriki on Fishbase.org (English)
- Hippocampus hendriki inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Fritzsche, R., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Dooley, J., Carpenter, K., Bartnik, S., Robinson, E., Sorensen, M. & Morgan, SK, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2014.