Hippocampus guttulatus, Taranto

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Hippocampus guttulatus, Taranto sent on October 08, 2025 (10:44) by Wildsphoto. 0 comments, 42 views.

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Hippocampus guttulatus can be 16-18 cm tall, with the males slightly larger and a record for these of 21,5 cm. Like all seahorses also the Long-snouted seahorse has no scales, and the body is armoured under the skin by bony plates. It has 48-50 rings in all of which 10-11 concerning the trunk. The reproductive period goes from April to August, when the time has come, tha male emptied the incubation pouch full of water pressing it with the tail, and the female introduces the ova there by means of the genital papilla, a sort of 3 mm long ovipositor. They are fecundated and housed side by side in separate small cells where besides the feeding of the yolk, they get oxygen and food from the male's capillaries.

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