Fish Species

Longsnout Seahorse

Longsnout Seahorse - Description

The Longsnout Seahorse is also known as the Slender Seahorse and Brazilian Seahorse. It is found in coral reefs and seagrass seabeds.

The males are usually Orange and the females Yellow in color. The female seahorse lays her eggs in the males pouch, he then protects them and gives birth to the babies. The male can carry up to 1000 young in their pouches!

Popular Name: Longsnout Seahorse
Species: Hippocampus reidi

Profile of the Longsnout Seahorse

 This Profile contains interesting facts and information about the Longsnout Seahorse species.

  • Size: Up to 17cm 

  • Diet / Feeding: Prefer live food but will eat frozen mysis shrimp, krill or cherry shrimp

  • Behaviour: Peaceful, Slow moving. Need plants to cling to

  • Range: Western Atlantic and Caribbean Oceans

Scientific Classification of the Longsnout Seahorse

 Definition: Scientific classification, or biological classification, is how biologists group and categorize species of organisms with shared physical characteristics. Scientific classification belongs to the science of taxonomy.

  • Species: Hippocampus reidi

  • Popular Name: Longsnout Seahorse - Slender Seahorse - Brazilian Seahorse

  • Kingdom: Animalia

  • Phylum: Chord

  • Class: Actinopterygii

  • Order: Gasterosteiformes

  • Family: Syngnathidae

 

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Facts about Fish Species - Longsnout Seahorse

The colours, shapes and sizes of individual fishes varies enormously - you really need excellent quality pictures or photographs to assist in the identification process.

A combination of the number of fins and their characteristics, color, scale counts, general features, maximum length and distribution are used during a species identification process.

 

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