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Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.

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

; brackwasser demersal; standorttreu; tiefenbereich 0 - 27 m (Ref. 130565). Temperate; 18°C - 22°C (Ref. 130565); 33°S - 34°S

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Southeast Atlantic: endemic to South Africa. Hippocampus capensis has the smallest known range of any seahorse and was the first to be assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, in 1994.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: L_m 5.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.1 cm OT Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 31848); common length : 7.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 4281)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 16 - 18; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 3.
Body shape (shape guide): other.

Found in bays and estuaries among submerged vegetation; diurnal (Ref. 4281, 30915). Can tolerate salinities from 1-59 ppt (Ref. 30915). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Length type refers to Height (= from top of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). Breeding in the aquarium is possible (Ref. 130565).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).

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Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster, 2016. A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

stark gefährdet (EN) (B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 09 March 2017

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Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Harmless

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00175 - 0.01142), b=2.99 (2.77 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tm=1; Fec=7).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900