| General information |
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Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Common name | Short 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; native: Egypt; native: Syria; native: Lebanon; native: Turkey; questionable: Russia; native: Algeria; native: Libya; native: Morocco; questionable: Nigeria; questionable: Cameroon; questionable: Ghana; native: Mauritania; questionable: Ivory Coast; native: Liberia; questionable: Senegal; questionable: Guinea; questionable: Sierra Leone; native: UK; native: Germany; native: France; native: Spain; native: Portugal; native: Italy; native: Greece; questionable: Bulgaria; native: Ukraine; questionable: Georgia; native: Netherlands; native: Albania; native: Bosnia and Herzegovina; native: Croatia; native: Cyprus; native: Gibraltar; native: Malta; native: Monaco; native: Montenegro; native: Slovenia; questionable: Benin; questionable: Equatorial Guinea; native: Gambia; questionable: Togo; native: Tunisia; questionable: Western Sahara |
| 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 |
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. |
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