Lined seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 55 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 9 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 6 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 75 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 70 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records