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Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Hippocampus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,kampe = curvature (Ref. 45335); haema: Name from Korean word Haema meaning ‘seahorse’, which connotes ‘representative’ and ‘common’; chosen to indicate that this seahorse is the one most commonly found in Korea.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 18 m (Ref. 117115). Temperate

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Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 117115)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: bony body; double gill openings; R 10 + 35-38, mode 10 + 36 (holotype with 10 + 36); coronet is moderately high and turned back on top; CoT 4; CHGO 22.7-41.6 % HL; CHMC 34.1-54.9 % HL; a wing-tip spine (thick-recurved) on the dorsal fin base (Ref. 117115).

Lives in floating Sargassum and weeds on shallow soft bottom habitats (Ref. 117115).

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Han, S.-Y., J.-K. Kim, Y. Kai and H. Senou, 2017. 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. (Ref. 117115)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated

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Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Hippocampus haema Han, Kim, Kai & Senou, 2017