Barbour's Seahorse
Hippocampus barbouri
- Usual depth37–38 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and June
- How commonRare
About this species
Barbour's seahorse is a species of fish of the family Syngnathidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Barbour's seahorse”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 37–38 m · Deepest record: 38.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Barbour's Seahorse, Zebra-snout Seahorse
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Stachelseepferdchen, Zebraschnauzen-Seepferdchen
- Spanish
- Caballito de Mar de Barbour
Similar species
Bargibant's Pygmy SeahorseHippocampus bargibanti
- Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
- Spotted seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
- Big-head Seahorse
Hippocampus angustus
- Great Seahorse
Hippocampus kelloggi
- Half-spined Seahorse
Hippocampus spinosissimus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 128 open-data records from 1908 to 1978.
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