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Larval rearing of seahorse Hippocampus kuda under laboratory conditions

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Title Larval rearing of seahorse Hippocampus kuda under laboratory conditions
 
Creator Anil, M K
Kakati, V S
Ganga, U
Zacharia, Sherly
 
Subject Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Seahorse belongs to a single genus Hippocampus
of the family Syngnathidae. This family
also includes pipefishes and pipehorses. There
are about 30-40 species of seahorses under the
genus Hippocampus. They constitute a fascinating
group of fishes with their unusual body
shape apart from their peculiar mode of reproduction
with the males incubating the fertilised
eggs in a brood pouch on the abdomen. They
are tropical and sub tropical in distribution and
are exploited around the world for use in medicines,
as ornamental fishes, curios and to a very
limited extent as food. Most of them are marine,
inhabiting coral reefs and sea grass beds
though some occur in coastal mangroves.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1999
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3209/1/Article_04.pdf
Anil, M K and Kakati, V S and Ganga, U and Zacharia, Sherly (1999) Larval rearing of seahorse Hippocampus kuda under laboratory conditions. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 162. pp. 23-25.