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Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913

Hedgehog seahorse
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Half-spined seahorse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Hippocampus spinosissimus, Sapeh Strait (Ref. 115213). Reported from Jakarta, Damma Island (Ref. 30915); also Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi and Komodo (Ref. 90102), and Anambas Archipelago (Ref. 89611).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Halfspine seahorse, Queensland seahorse, Winged seahorse, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335);  spinosissimus: Name from Latin word for winged, referring to the paired spines on the superior trunk ridges that are directed outward and have broad dermal flaps resembling wings (Ref. 42735).
  More on author: Weber.

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

seewasser; brackwasser riff-verbunden; standorttreu; tiefenbereich 10 - 80 m (Ref. 42735).   Subtropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 130605); 27°N - 36°S, 76°E - 155°E

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