Ben Kimmich, Schweiz
Info
Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
Inhabits seagrass and marine algae areas of estuaries and seaward reefs; also on steep mud slopes. Found in open water and attached to drifting Sargassum up to 20 km from shore. Adults in pairs The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. Very popular aquarium fish.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
Synonymised names
Hippocamphus kuda Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 · unaccepted
Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hippocampus brachyrhynchus Duncker, 1914 · unaccepted
Hippocampus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted
Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 · unaccepted (lack of distingushable characters)
Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
Hippocampus horai Duncker, 1926 · unaccepted
Hippocampus kuda multiannularis Raj, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (and primary junior homonym)
Hippocampus melanospilos Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Hippocampus natalensis von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted
Hippocampus novaehebudorum Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted
Hippocampus obscurus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1856 · unaccepted
Hippocampus obscurus Ehrenberg, 1871 · unaccepted
Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955 · unaccepted
Hippocampus rhynchomacer Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
Hippocampus taeniops Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted
Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Direct children (1)
Subspecies Hippocampus kuda multiannularis Raj, 1941 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and primary junior
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
Inhabits seagrass and marine algae areas of estuaries and seaward reefs; also on steep mud slopes. Found in open water and attached to drifting Sargassum up to 20 km from shore. Adults in pairs The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. Very popular aquarium fish.
You can download the minimum requirements for keeping seahorses (in accordance with EC Regulation 338/97) from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a PDF here: https://meerwasser-lexikon.de/downloads/BfN_Mindestanforderung_haltung_seepferdchen_hippocampus.pdf
Synonymised names
Hippocamphus kuda Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 · unaccepted
Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hippocampus brachyrhynchus Duncker, 1914 · unaccepted
Hippocampus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted
Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 · unaccepted (lack of distingushable characters)
Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
Hippocampus horai Duncker, 1926 · unaccepted
Hippocampus kuda multiannularis Raj, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (and primary junior homonym)
Hippocampus melanospilos Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Hippocampus natalensis von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted
Hippocampus novaehebudorum Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted
Hippocampus obscurus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1856 · unaccepted
Hippocampus obscurus Ehrenberg, 1871 · unaccepted
Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955 · unaccepted
Hippocampus rhynchomacer Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
Hippocampus taeniops Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted
Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Direct children (1)
Subspecies Hippocampus kuda multiannularis Raj, 1941 accepted as Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and primary junior
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
