Lined Seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
Identification: Lined seahorses can be
black, pale brown or red, but they can be identified
by their tiny white stripes
Maximum Length: 6.0"
Origin: Seagrass beds along the east coast of the Americas from Canada to Argentina.
Minimum tank size: 25 Gallons
Behavior: Very Peaceful, Needs a quiet aquarium.
Feeding and diet: A variety of plankton,
worms and crustacean larvae, ghost shrimp, mysis shrimp
and brine shrimp. Seahorses suck in their food and swallow it whole because
they
do not have teeth.
Reproduction: Among seahorses, only the male
becomes pregnant. The female seahorse deposits
eggs into the male's brood pouch, where they are fertilized by the male. The
young
develop in the pouch in as little as 10 days or as long as six weeks, depending
upon
species and water temperature. The tiny young seahorses are born fully
formed.
They receive no parental care and are independent from birth. Seahorses
reach
maturity in approximately six months.
Longevity: The exact length of the brief life
span of seahorses is not known.
It is estimated to be from one to four years, depending on the
species.
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