Shiho's seahorse
Shiho's seahorse or Sindo's Seahorse,[1] painted seahorse (Hippocampus sindonis) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Pacific coastal waters of Japan (from Wakayama pref. to Chiba pref.).[2] This species reaches a length of ca. 8 cm.[3] It was listed by the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable in 1996 and Data Deficient in 2003, but was later reclassified as Least Concern.[1] The specific name honours Michitaro Sindo, who was originally from Yamaguchi and who was assistant curator of fishes at Stanford University.[4]
Hippocampus sindonis, conventional and X-ray images of holotype
| Shiho's seahorse | |
|---|---|
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| Hippocampus sindonis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. sindonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus sindonis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |
References
- Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus sindonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10083A54906192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10083A54906192.en.
- Han, Sang-Yun; Kim, Jin-Koo; Kai, Yoshiaki; Senou, Hiroshi (2017-10-30). "Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)". ZooKeys (712): 113–139. doi:10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. PMC 5704180. PMID 29187790.
- Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901. Fishbase
- Jordan, D. S. & J. O. Snyder (1901). "A review of the hypostomide and lophobranchiate fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1241): 1–20. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.24-1241.1.
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