Hippocampus casscsio
Hippocampus casscsio, the Beibu Bay seahorse,[2] is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found off the coast of Hainan, China, and from sites around Beibu Bay/the Gulf of Tonkin. It inhabits shallow coastal waters to depths of 15 metres (49 ft).[1] It is expected to consume small benthic and planktonic crustaceans such as copepods, shrimps, and mysids, similar to other seahorses. This species is ovoviviparous, with males brooding eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth to live young.[1] It grows to a length of 13.3 centimetres (5.2 in).[2]
| Hippocampus casscsio | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. casscsio |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus casscsio Zhang, Qin, Wang & Lin, 2016 | |
References
- Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus casscsio". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T112664105A112664119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T112664105A112664119.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Hippocampus casscsio" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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