Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse

Hippocampus denise

Salmon color to orange. Without raised crown on the head.

Size : 2 cm

Habitat : 1-90 m. Lives on horn coral (Annela reticulata, Muricella sp. and Echinogorgia sp.), probably reproduce over the entire year. This species was only described in 2003.

Distribution : Malaysia and Indonesia to the Philippines, Palau, PNG, Solomons and Vanuatu.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Syngnathiformes

FAMILY

:

Syngnathidae

GENUS

:

Hippocampus

SPECIES

:

Hippocampus denise

Other Information

Population Status

Data Deficient (DD)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner