Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Syngnathiformes > Syngnathidae > Hippocampus > Hippocampus capensis| | Hippocampus capensis (Cape seahorse; Knysna seahorse) | |
Language: Afrikaans; Mandarin Chinese The cape seahorse or Knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. It lives in the Keurbooms River in Plettenberg Bay throughout the Knysna Lagoon and up to Swartvlei in Sedgefield. The limited range of this seahorse (the smallest-known of any seahorse) puts it at great risk of extinction. It feeds on a variety of zooplankton. |
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Tsitsikamma National Park |
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Southern Cape, South Africa |
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MapsAtlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Southeast; South Africa; Southeast Atlantic: endemic to South Africa. <i>Hippocampus capensis</i> has the smallest known range of any seahorse and was the first to be assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, in 1994. International trade is monitored through a licensing syst; Southeast Atlantic: endemic to South Africa. <i>Hippocampus capensis</i> has the smallest known range of any seahorse and was the first to be assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, in 1994. International trade is monitored through a licensing system (<b>CITES</b> II, since 5.15.04) and a minimum size of 10 cm applies.; Species recognized by , , FishBase in  Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 < www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013. |
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