| Citation | Lourie, S.A. and R.H. Kuiter, 2008. Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). Zootaxa 1963:54-68. |
| DOI / ISBN | |
| Paper URL | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01963p068.pdf |
| Ref. No. | 79848 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Usage | used in part |
| Comments | max lengths; depth range; morphology; 1.7 cm SL male; Extremely small size (height 14 mm, standard length 17 mm); 12 trunk rings; 26-28 tail rings; reduced ossification of inferior and ventral trunk ridges; small or absent anal fin; brooding area in males anterior to anus; medium length snout which lacks a bulbous tip; raised, angular coronet; fused (or almost fused in holotype) gill-openings on midline behind coronet supported by raised cleithral girdle; scattered tubercles on trunk and tail; distinctive branching filaments (usually red in life) attached to the enlarged superior trunk ridge spine of the fifth trunk ring; white colour, occasionally with yellow or pink especially along the dorsal surface, with fine red lines on the trunk, and reddish transverse bands across the tail. |
| Remarks | The same reference as 79872 (do not use). |
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