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FAQs about Seahorse & Pipefish Identification Related Articles: Seahorses & their Relatives,
Color in Hippocampus, Part I,
by Pete
Giwojna and Ben Giwojna,
Fresh to Brackish Water Pipefishes, Seahorse
Care Guide,
Related FAQs: Seahorses & their Relatives 1,
Seahorses & their
Relatives 2, Seahorse Behavior,
Seahorse Compatibility,
Seahorse Selection,
Seahorse
Systems, Seahorse Feeding,
Seahorse Disease, Seahorse
Reproduction,
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Identifying seahorses Kuda or Reidi? 11/24/06
Dear WWM Crew
I recently wrote to you after my seahorses bred and have now done a lot
of research unfortunately how ever many pictures I have looked at I
still cannot identify my seahorses. To prevent interbreeding I am
acquiring another pair.
<From? Easy to have your source discern between these two... Kuda is
found in the Indo-Pacific... Reid's in the tropical West Atlantic>
I believed mine to be Hippocampus Kuda
<Me too... Reid's has a much more attenuated rostrum>
as that is what LFS said however after talking to local SeaLife centre I
am not sure and they could be hippocampus reidi. Please please look at
these photos and see if you wonderful people could identify for me. They
are approximately 5 inches. By the way the first batch of fry we have 3
surviving and the second batch which arrived 15 days later we have
approx 60 surviving although I expect that number to decrease yet.
Thanking you for your assistance.
Yours
Rache Hill
<Mmm... I strongly encourage you to join the large "seahorse/syngnathid"
forums... particularly the L-serve of OceanRider... there is much known
re the practical husbandry of these tube-mouthed fishes... and this
getting much easier to access. Bob Fenner> |
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Seahorses... horses? 9/25/05
My 11 year old son wanted to know if a seahorse is a fish or some other
animal? Can you please tell him. <They are fishes. Some reading for you. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/tube-mfi.htm
<James (Salty Dog)>
Thanks,
Joseph's Mom
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