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<p> <em>Hippocampus guttulatus</em> Cuvier, 1829</p>

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  • Long-snouted seahorse

  • Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

  • Syngnathidae

  • The long-snouted sea horse is a charismatic fish, both in appearance and in behaviour, being the male that takes care of the eggs, transporting them in a pouch in their abdomen until they hatch. It exhibits a brown colouration, a long snout and branch like appendices on its head. It can measure up to 26 cm long.

  • Arrábida Nature Park

    Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Nature Park

    Ria Formosa Nature Park

  • Algarve

    Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

  • Data deficient

  • The Hippocampus guttulatus lives in zostera marine meadows or on algae, in the sub tidal zone. The rarefaction of this habitat has contributed to the decline of the sea horse population in certain areas of our country.

  • All year long

  • This sea horse feeds on crustaceans and other invertebrates, which it hunts by ambush.

  • There is no estimate for the Portuguese population of this species.