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Hippocampus erectus Horsefish, Lined Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse

Hippocampus erectus is commonly referred to as Horsefish, Lined Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
1252 
AphiaID:
159445 
Scientific:
Hippocampus erectus 
German:
Seepferdchen 
English:
Horsefish, Lined Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse 
Category:
Søheste 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > erectus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Perry, 1810 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Costa Rica, Cuba, East cost of USA, Florida, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
1 - 73 Meter 
Size:
6.69" - 7.87" (17cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimps, Food specialist, Krill, Living Food, Mysis 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-24 21:41:31 

Captive breeding / propagation

Hippocampus erectus is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Hippocampus erectus, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Hippocampus erectus, Perry 1810

Synonyms:
Hippocampus brunneus Bean, 1906
Hippocampus fascicularis Kaup, 1856
Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay, 1842
Hippocampus kincaidi Townsend & Barbour, 1906
Hippocampus laevicaudatus Kaup, 1856
Hippocampus marginalis Kaup, 1856
Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot, 1853
Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Hippocampus tetragonous (Mitchill, 1814)
Hippocampus villosus Günther, 1880
Syngnathus caballus Larrañaga, 1923
Syngnathus tetragonous Mitchill, 1814

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

Korallenriff Magazin

Cover Korallenriff Magazin Ausgabe 15

Ausgabe #15
Das Aqua-Porträt

Mein Name ist Donovan, ich bin 26 Jahre jung und Autist. Ich möchte euch die Geschichte von meinem Seepferdchen-Becken erzählen und hoffe sehr, dass ich euch damit begeistern kann. Beginnen wir also am Anfang der Geschichte.

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External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

am 22.08.18#2
Hippocampus erectus sind eine der größer werdenden Seepferdchen-Arten. Frostfutterfeste Nachzuchten sind recht leicht zu pflegen, wenn die Besonderheiten für Seepferdchen beachtet werden.
Ich selbst halte 200 Liter für die absolute Mindestbeckengröße für diese Art und ein Paar.
Bei Gruppenhaltung oder wenn es mehrere Paare sind, dann gerne 350 Liter aufwärts.

Juvenil sehen alle wie Weibchen aus. Die Geschlechter bilden sich in der Regel zwischen 6 und 9 Monaten sichtbar heraus.

Juvenile haben häufig richtig lustige Zotteln, die sich im Erwachsenenalter verlieren.

am 20.02.06#1
Geschlechtsunterschied: männchen haben eine deutlich sichtbare bruttasche,der übergang bauch-schwanz ist sozusagen gerade

geschlechtswandel: nein
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