Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900
Found in seagrass beds, e.g. Halophila spp. Ovoviviparous.
The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.
The spiny seahorse is found in the wild in so-called boulder-algae habitats and on certain sponges down to a depth of around 20 meters. The IUCN Red List lists this animal with the reference to a usual water depth of 2-23 meters.
Rudie H. Kuiter attributes the low distribution of this seahorse to two explanations:
Juvenile seahorses cling to the bottom substrate immediately after leaving the male breeding fold. Adult animals, on the other hand, do not drift with loose plant parts.
Seahorses are not beginner animals and, in our opinion, should be kept in a species tank as they would not get enough food in a community aquarium. The fish get to the food faster than the less well-swimming seahorses.
Depth ot 20 meters.
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
Found in seagrass beds, e.g. Halophila spp. Ovoviviparous.
The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.
The spiny seahorse is found in the wild in so-called boulder-algae habitats and on certain sponges down to a depth of around 20 meters. The IUCN Red List lists this animal with the reference to a usual water depth of 2-23 meters.
Rudie H. Kuiter attributes the low distribution of this seahorse to two explanations:
Juvenile seahorses cling to the bottom substrate immediately after leaving the male breeding fold. Adult animals, on the other hand, do not drift with loose plant parts.
Seahorses are not beginner animals and, in our opinion, should be kept in a species tank as they would not get enough food in a community aquarium. The fish get to the food faster than the less well-swimming seahorses.
Depth ot 20 meters.
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
