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Hippocampus procerus  Kuiter, 2001

High-crown seahorse
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Hippocampinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335);  procerus: From the Latin for tall, in reference to the tall coronet.

Issue
This species is a synonym of Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 according to Lourie et al., 2016 (Ref. 115213). This species record will be removed.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 42735).   Tropical, preferred ?

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Western Central Pacific: Queensland, Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm OT (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-19. Dorsal fin rays rarely 17; pectoral fin rays rarely, 16, usually 18; trunk rings 11; tail rings 34-35; subdorsal spines 3/0-1,1,0-1; spines of moderate size at nose, above eyes, and laterally on head; coronet tall and strongly angled, with 5 spines at apex and additional spines on anterior face; neck ridge with low spines, one centrally and one at posterior end (Ref. 42735).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs on mixed algae reef (Ref. 42735) of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Maximum length is based on a straight-line length measurement from upper surface (ignoring spines) of first trunk ring, to tip of tail (Ref. 42735). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

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

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Kuiter, R.H., 2001. Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Rec. Aus. Mus. 53:293-340. (Ref. 42735)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Appendix II:
International trade monitored

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00427 (0.00168 - 0.01086), b=3.00 (2.78 - 3.22), 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
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100) .