Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
fairly common (chances are about 50%)
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Importance:
subsistence fisheries
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Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Type locality of Hippocampus barbouri Cuyo Island, Culion Island, Palawan, Zamboanga(?) (Ref. 48635). Short-snouted form in Tawi-Tawi Island, Jolo Archipelago, and Zamboanga. Exported for traditional Chinese medicine and for aquarium trade. Also Ref. 90102, 115213, 129070.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall, 1999
National Database:
![Image of Hippocampus barbouri (Barbour\](/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hibar_u7.jpg "Image of Hippocampus barbouri (Barbour\")
