Hippocampus subelongatus tigersnout seahorse

Hippocampus subelongatus is commonly referred to as tigersnout seahorse. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hippocampus subelongatus - Westaustralisches Seepferd (c) by Ben Kimmich

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AphiaID:: 275211

Scientific:: Hippocampus subelongatus
German:: Westaustralisches Seepferd
English:: Tigersnout Seahorse

Category:: Sjöhästar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > subelongatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Castelnau, 1873

Occurrence:: Australia, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands)
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Food specialist, Krill, Living Food, Mysis
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: 5 - Svår
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2009-10-15 19:31:46
Last edit:: 2020-08-08 19:03:35

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Hippocampus subelongatus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Hippocampus subelongatus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Hippocampus subelongatus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Castelnau, 1873

Synonym:
Hippocampus elongatus Castelnau, 1873

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampinae (Subfamily) > Hippocampus (Genus) > Hippocampus subelongatus (Species)

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

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Hippocampus subelongatus - Westaustralisches Seepferd (c) by Ben Kimmich

Hippocampus subelongatus (c) by Ben Kimmich

Hippocampus subelongatus - Westaustralisches Seepferdchen

Husbandry know-how of owners

klauskastl
@klauskastl
Admin

am 26.07.15#2

Meine Tiere fühlen sich bei Temperaturen von 22°C - 24°C sehr wohl. Ist die Temperatur niedriger, dann ist die Menge der gefressenen Mysis niedriger.

BenKimmich
@BenKimmich

am 17.10.09#1

Gewisse Quellen geben einen Temperaturbereich von 18°C - 22°C an.

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Gruss Ben Mitglied im VMN

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