Hippocampus comes Tiger tail seahorse

Hippocampus comes is commonly referred to as Tiger tail seahorse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Hippocampus comes
German:: Tigerschwanz-Seepferdchen
English:: Tiger Tail Seahorse

Category:: Seahorses

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampus (Genus) > comes (Species)
Initial determination:: Cantor, 1849

Occurrence:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Central Pazific, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 15 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 7.09" (18 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Food specialist, Krill, Living Food, Mysis
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-05-20 16:34:14
Last edit:: 2020-05-10 11:11:15

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Hippocampus comes are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Hippocampus comes, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Hippocampus comes, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Cantor, 1849

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampinae (Subfamily) > Hippocampus (Genus

Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.

You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Male

Hippocampus comes - Tigerschwanzseepferdchen

Female

Pair

Commonly

Copyright Bo Davidsson, Schweden, Foto von den Philippinen

Husbandry know-how of owners

BenKimmich
@BenKimmich

am 09.08.09#3

Seepferdchen sind generell Expertentiere, die ein Artenbecken benötigen! 50er-Würfel sind die Mindestmasse in alle Richtungen! Etwas grösser ist jedoch besser.
H. comes halten sich gerne an harten Gegenständen fest. Als Futter kommt in Gefangenschaft fast ausschliesslich Mysis zum Einsatz. Neugeborene H. comes schwimmen mit aufgerolltem Schwanz herum. Unter den Meerwasserfischen sind sie relativ gut nachzüchtbar. Kaufen Sie bitte nur Nachzuchten!

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Gruss Ben Mitglied im VMN

mbb
@mbb

am 20.02.06#2

Geschlechtsunterschied: männchen haben eine deutlich sichtbare bruttasche,der übergang bauch-schwanz ist sozusagen gerade

geschlechtswandel: nein

Hiroyuki Tanaka
@Hiroyuki Tanaka

am 20.05.05#1

Andaman Sea to Bintan, Singapore; 16 cm in height; rare. Usually seahorses are difficult to keep or acclimate in home aquaria

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