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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Syngnathiformes
Family:
Syngnathidae
Subfamily:
Syngnathinae
Genus:
Hippocampus
Species:
erectus
Common:
Lined seahorse
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southeast
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112289)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112291)
Sound Name: Click
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Kaschner (2012)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112290)
Fish, M. P. 1953. The Production of Underwater Sound by the Northern Seahorse, Hippocampus hudsonius. Copeia, 1953(2): 98-99.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.
Anderson, P. A. 2009. The Functions of Sound Production in the Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, and Effects of Loud Ambient Noise on Its Behavior and Physiology in Captive Environments. PhD Dissertation, University of Florida.
Colson, D. J., Patek, S. N., Brainerd, E. L., Lewis, S. M. 1998. Sound Production during Feeding in Hippocampus Seahorses (Syngnathidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 51(2): 221-229.