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Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856

Thorny seahorse
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Ngựa gai, Cá Ngựa gai dài, Longspine seahorse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin, Central and Southern Vietnam (Ref. 9706), Nha Trang, Cuabe (Ref. 30915), Hon Ong and Phu Quoc Island, in deeper waters, usually caught by trawlers far offshore (Ref. 129070). Also Ref. 46893, 58534, 115213. National Red List or equivalent: Vulnerable (Ref. 129070). Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 46452).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 82 m (Ref. 37816), usually 15 - 40 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 35°N - 35°S, 22°E - 132°W

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