Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 219

Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 15 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 60 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2017)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the British Isles and Wadden Sea southward to the Gulf of Guinea, the Azores, Canary Islands and along the African coast to Guinea. International trade is monitored through a licensing system (CITES II, since 5.15.04) and a minimum size of 10 cm applies. Listed in Appendix II (Mediterranean) of the Bern Convention (2002) and in Appendix II (as Hippocampus spp. ) at CITES (2009).