Lined Seahorse Hippocampus erectus

Classification

Hippocampus [genus] (2)

Hippocampus [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Curaçao
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean islands by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Bonaire and Saba.

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Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]