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Hippocampus mohnikei Japanese seahorse

Hippocampus mohnikei is commonly referred to as Japanese seahorse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
1909 
AphiaID:
275202 
Scientific:
Hippocampus mohnikei 
German:
Japanisches Seepferd 
English:
Japanese Seahorse 
Category:
Zeepaardjes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > mohnikei (Species) 
Initial determination:
Bleeker, 1853 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Cambodia, China, Corea, India, Indian Ocean, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Food specialist, Living Food, Mysis, Zooplankton 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Alleen voor gevorderden 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-05-06 22:38:41 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Hippocampus mohnikei are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Hippocampus mohnikei, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Hippocampus mohnikei, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Very rare in european Reeftanks. International trade is monitored through a licensing (Cites II)

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

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