Shiho's seahorse
Appearance
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Hippocampus sindonis, conventional and X-ray images | |
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Species: | H. sindonis
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Hippocampus sindonis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
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Shiho's seahorse (Hippocampus sindonis) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to the coastal waters of Japan, with an individual sighting reported in South Korea in 2013.[2] This species reaches a length of ca. 8 cm.[3] It was listed by the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable in 1996 and Data Deficient in 2003, but was later reclassified as Least Concern.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Fritzsche, R., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Dooley, J., Carpenter, K., Bartnik, S., Robinson, E., Morgan, S.K. & Sorensen, M. (2010). Hippocampus sindonis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T10083A3161007.en
- ^ Dhiho's seahorse discovered in Korea for the first time, Yonhap News Agency, 12 June 2013.
- ^ Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901. Fishbase