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New insights into muscle function during pivot feeding in seahorses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Seahorses, pipefish and their syngnathiform relatives are considered unique amongst fishes in using elastic recoil of post-cranial tendons to pivot the head extremely quickly towards small crustacean prey.
Sam Van Wassenbergh +2 more
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Fishers' knowledge and seahorse conservation in Brazil [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2005 From a conservationist perspective, seahorses are threatened fishes. Concomitantly, from a socioeconomic perspective, they represent a source of income to many fishing communities in developing countries.
Oliveira Tacyana PR +6 more
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, 2021 This Infographic is a product of BDMY (https://www.bdmy.org.mx) project, which was produced in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and A poco no. Available languages:English Spanish, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.4549794 Portuguese, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.4549912 CC-BY-NC-ND The information in the infographic was reviewed and validated by a
Martínez, Gemma +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The White’s seahorse Hippocampus whitei was listed as an Endangered species in 2020 on Australian state and federal legislation, as a result of population declines across its range attributed to habitat loss over the past decade.
David Harasti +2 more
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Seahorse Predation by Octopuses in the Caribbean and the West Pacific
Diversity, 2022 There is much documentation about seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) being threatened by habitat degradation and overfishing, but relatively few published studies mention their natural predators.
Ellen Muller +2 more
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Population structure of the seahorse Hippocampus reidi in two Brazilian estuaries
Ocean and Coastal Research, 2022 This study aimed to evaluate and compare seasonal variations of Hippocampus reidi population structures in two Brazilian coastal areas. Samples were collected from the rocky shores of Urca and Duas Irmãs Island by freediving along fixed transects.
Tatiane Fernández do Carmo +3 more
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Field studies of seahorse population density, structure and habitat use in a semi-closed north-eastern Mediterranean marine area (Stratoni, north Aegean Sea) [PDF]
, 2020 The present study was carried out in the marine area of Stratoni, Greece, where two seahorse species are present (Hippocampus hippocampus and H. guttulatus).
Correia, Miguel +5 more
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Trade of seahorses, Hippocampus spp. (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae), on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2013 Background. Live seahorses are traded mainly for ornamental markets owing to their unique features whereas dried seahorses are mainly traded for use in traditional Chinese medicines.
P. Laksanawimol +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 Syngnathids are considered flagship species of estuarine and coastal environments. However, most of the Mediterranean species are still classified as data-deficient (DD) at a global level according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Tamara Lazic +6 more
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Fishes, 2023 The lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) is an aquacultural species in China and has important economic and ornamental value. However, the species is affected by disease, which restricts their large-scale cultivation.
Xiaohui Bai +4 more
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