Hippocampus waleananus
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species:
H. waleananus
Binomial name
Hippocampus waleananus
M. F. Gomon & Kuiter, 2009

Hippocampus waleananus, the Walea pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse endemic to the Togian Islands in Indonesia, and is associated with specific soft corals.[2][3] The species was described in 2009 from a single specimen which was found close to the island Walea. A 2016 classification considered it a synonym of Hippocampus satomiae, Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 due to lack of sufficient morphological differences,[4] but following a reevaluation it is now recognised as a distinct species.[5][3]

References

  1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. Gomon, Martin F.; Kuiter, Rudie H. (January 2009). "Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 15: 37–44.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Hippocampus waleananus" in FishBase. December 2023 version.
  4. Lourie, S. A.; Pollom, R.A.; Foster, S.J. (2016). "A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research". Zootaxa. 4146 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4146.1.1. PMID 27515600.
  5. Short, Graham; Smith, Richard; Motomura, Hiroyuki; Harasti, David; Hamilton, Healy (2018-08-02). "Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)". ZooKeys (779): 27–49. doi:10.3897/zookeys.779.24799. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6110155. PMID 30166895.


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