Longsnout Seahorse Hippocampus reidi

Photo: Cassandra Neal

Classification

Hippocampus [genus] (2)

Hippocampus [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Eustatius

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

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

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MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Pattengill-Semmens, C.V. 2010. The reef fish assemblage of Bonaire Marine Park: an analysis of REEF Fish Survey Data. Proceedings 53rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53: 591-605.
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]