Scientific Name	Hippocampus trimaculatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Leach, 1814	Depth	0 - 100M
Chinese	三斑海馬	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海龍科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F295　Syngnathidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	三斑海馬
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海馬
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Indian and Chinese Seas
Synonyms	Hippocampus dahli, Hippocampus kampylotrachelos, Hippocampus lenis, Hippocampus manadensis, Hippocampus mannulus, Hippocampus planifrons, Hippocampus takakurae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, I.S. etc. 1995 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055357. ASIZP0055358. ASIZP0055361. ASIZP0055764. ASIZP0059823. ASIZP0060786. ASIZP0061708. ASIZP0062928. ASIZP0063290. ASIZP0067199. ASIZP0068263. ASIZP0070556. ASIZP0071178. ASIZP0072768. ASIZP0072960. ASIZP0073307. ASIZP0073308. ASIZP0073309. ASIZP0073325. ASIZP0073326. ASIZP0073327. ASIZP0074506. ASIZP0074570. ASIZP0076196. ASIZP0078451. ASIZP0078452. ASIZP0078453. ASIZP0079042. ASIZP0080141. ASIZP0802090. ASIZP0804024. ASIZP0805585. ASIZP0805782. ASIZP0805783. ASIZP0805784. ASIZP0805800. ASIZP0805801. ...List all 72 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Three-spot seahorse; Three-spotted Seahorse; Flat-faced seahorse; Low-crowned seahorse; Longnose seahorse
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) A4cd 2003-04-30   CITES Appendix 2
Characteristic	Rings: 11+40-41 (38-43). Snout length: 2.2 (1.9-2.4) in head length. Dorsal fin rays: 20 (18-22) covering 2+1 rings. Pectoral fin rays: 17-18 (16-19). Coronet: very low, in line with arch of neck, visible as five tiny points. Spines: low and small to slightly raised. Other distinctive characters: very sharp hook-like cheek and eye spines; quite flat in appearance; narrow head; no nose spine. Color pattern: golden orange, sandy colored or totally black; may have large dark spots on the dorsolateral surface of the first, fourth and seventh trunk ring (less visible in dark specimens, and more common in males than females); some specimens "zebra striped" in brown and white.
habitats	Inhabits gravel or sand bottoms around shallow reefs; muddy estuaries and near mangroves, tolerating brackish water.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from southern India to Japan, Australia and Tahiti. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	International trade is monitored through a licensing system (CITES II, since 5.15.04).