Michael Eisenbart
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Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858
The Pacific seahorse is the only seahorse species found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Adult pacific seahorses range in size from 12 to 19 cm in height, with a maximum known size of 30 cm.
Seahorses are particularly susceptible to over-harvesting.Hippocampus was included in appendix II of CITES.
Synonymised names:
Hippocampus ecuadorensis Fowler, 1922
Hippocampus gracilis Gill, 1862
Hippocampus hildebrandi Ginsburg, 1933
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
The Pacific seahorse is the only seahorse species found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Adult pacific seahorses range in size from 12 to 19 cm in height, with a maximum known size of 30 cm.
Seahorses are particularly susceptible to over-harvesting.Hippocampus was included in appendix II of CITES.
Synonymised names:
Hippocampus ecuadorensis Fowler, 1922
Hippocampus gracilis Gill, 1862
Hippocampus hildebrandi Ginsburg, 1933
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
