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Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933

Longsnout seahorse
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Longsnout seahorse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Cape Hatteras (N Carolina) (Ref. 30915). Also Ref. 26280, 37039.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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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: Ginsburg.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 30915).   Subtropical; 29°N - 25°S, 133°W - 40°W (Ref. 57010)

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