The longsnout seahorse reaches sexual maturity at about 8 months.
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Longsnout seahorse
- Scientific name:
- Hippocampus reidi
- Family:
- Syngnathidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Ginsburg, 1933
- IUCN Status:
- Near Threatened
- CITES-status:
appendix II
- Distribution:
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Warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina and Bermuda all the way to northern South America.
- Habitat:
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It lives mainly along the shore to a depth of 15 metres.
- Size:
It measures about ten centimetres (about 15 cm when stretched).
- Diet:
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This seahorse feeds on zooplankton, fish eggs and small crustaceans that it sucks in with its tiny mouth.