Fish Species Database

• Code

  19

• Species Name

  Hippocampus Barbouri
• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Class

  Actinopterygii
• Order

  Syngnatifhormers
• Family

  0
• Subfamily

  0

• Genus

  Hippocampus
• ID Fishbase
• Picture

  
• Local Name

  Kuda Laut
• Description

  Zebra sea horse belongs to a somewhat small species and it has developing spikes. The colour is yellowish up to brownish white, some are reddish brown with with pink spots and it has stripes on its body. The mouth is stripy and it has fine lines from the eyes. The crownis small somewhat high with five sharp spikes.

  
  
• Status

  Vulnerable (IUCN, 2002)
  Appendiks II (CITES)
  
• Habitat

  Live in a shallow tropical water (coastal area) with a depth of 1 - 15 meter, sheltered among algae, coral reefs, seawood and mangrove.

• Spread in the world
• Spread in Indonesia

  Sulawesi Selatan, Lombok, Jawa Tengah