Shiho's seahorse

Shiho's seahorse
Hippocampus sindonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Genus:Hippocampus
Species: H. sindonis
Binomial name
Hippocampus sindonis

Shiho's seahorse or painted seahorse (Hippocampus sindonis) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Pacific coastal waters of Japan (from Wakayama pref. to Chiba pref.).[2] This species reaches a length of ca. 8 cm.[3] It was listed by the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable in 1996 and Data Deficient in 2003, but was later reclassified as Least Concern.[1] The specific name honours Michitaro Sindo, who was originally from Yamaguchi and who was assistant curator of fishes at Stanford University.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus sindonis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10083A54906192. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Han, Sang-Yun; Kim, Jin-Koo; Kai, Yoshiaki; Senou, Hiroshi (2017-10-30). "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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. PMC 5704180. PMID 29187790.
  3. ↑ Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901. Fishbase
  4. ↑ Jordan, D. S. & J. O. Snyder (1901). "A review of the hypostomide and lophobranchiate fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1241): 1–20.


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