Hippocampus patagonicus

• Main Authors: Jasmine, Wei, Estalles, María Lourdes, Riley, Pollom, Luzzatto, Diego
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• Subjects: CONSERVATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; THREATS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Chubut; Riley; Seahorse; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/62278

Hippocampus patagonicus is a coastal species of seahorse that inhabits waters from northeastern Brazil to Chubut, Argentina. The major habitats occupied by the species include seagrasses, macroalgae, and sheltered areas with sessile invertabrates. The species is threatened by habitat degradation and loss from coastal development and destructive fishing practices, targeted exploitation, and by being caught extensively as bycatch in shrimp trawl fisheries. Based on declining habitat quality, extent of occurrence, and declines reported by fishers, it is inferred that the population has undergone a decline of at least 30%. Therefore Hippocampus patagonicus is listed as Vulnerable under criterion A2cd. Fil: Jasmine, Wei. Project Seahorse; Canadá Fil: Estalles, María Lourdes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Riley, Pollom. Project Seahorse; Canadá Fil: Luzzatto, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina