| Citation | Lourie, S.A. and R.H. Kuiter, 2008, Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus).. Zootaxa 1963:54-68. |
| Ref. | 79848 Lourie, S.A. and R.H. Kuiter, 2008 |
| Page | 59;fig.2A,3A |
| Named Used as Valid | Hippocampus pontohi |
| Comment | max lengths; depth range; morphology; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indonesia; 11-25 m. |
| Quote | 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. |