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Hippocampus nalu Short, Claassens, Smith, De Brauwer, Hamilton, Stat & Harasti, 2020
The pygmy seahorse Hippocampus nalu lives on shallow sandy coral reefs or sandy bottoms with sometimes strong surf. They prefer low / short algal turf.
In adults a reticulated camouflage coloration of honey brown on head, trunk and tail is predominant, in addition irregular spots in white as well as a red trunk ring. Juveniles have a brown ground coloration.
Source:
ZooKeys 934: 141-156
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.934.50924
Authors:
Short G, Claassens L, Smith R, De Brauwer M, Hamilton H, Stat M, Harasti D (2020)
Hippocampus nalu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from South Africa, and the first record of a pygmy seahorse from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Syngnathidae).
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
The pygmy seahorse Hippocampus nalu lives on shallow sandy coral reefs or sandy bottoms with sometimes strong surf. They prefer low / short algal turf.
In adults a reticulated camouflage coloration of honey brown on head, trunk and tail is predominant, in addition irregular spots in white as well as a red trunk ring. Juveniles have a brown ground coloration.
Source:
ZooKeys 934: 141-156
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.934.50924
Authors:
Short G, Claassens L, Smith R, De Brauwer M, Hamilton H, Stat M, Harasti D (2020)
Hippocampus nalu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from South Africa, and the first record of a pygmy seahorse from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Syngnathidae).
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
