Hippocampus hippocampus ';
General information
 
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
 
Common nameShort snouted seahorse
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Data Deficient (DD)
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Syngnathiaria; Syngnathiformes; Syngnathoidei; Syngnathidae.
Geographical distribution
Israel; Egypt; Syria; Lebanon; Turkey; Russia; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; UK; Germany; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Georgia; Netherlands; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Gibraltar; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Slovenia; Benin; Equatorial Guinea; Gambia; Togo; Tunisia; Western Sahara
Occurrence Native: Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Liberia, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Netherlands, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Gambia, Tunisia
Questionable: Russia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria, Georgia, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Western Sahara
Importance
Remarks
Genome size was 1·03±0·07 pg..
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Lagoon of Venice (Northern Adriatic Sea).
Source of chromosomes
Cell culture.
Number of specimens with sex
10–20 male.
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
10st+38a.
Fundamental arm number
48
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Single Ag-NOR pair found on subterminal position of medium-sized chromosome pair.
Reference(s)
Vitturi R, Libertini A, Campolmi M, Calderazzo F, Mazzola A (1998). Conventional karyotype, nucleolar organizer regions and genome size in five Mediterranean species of Syngnathidae (Pisces, Syngnathiformes). J Fish Biol., 52: 677–687.