Scientific Name	Hippocampus sindonis   Pronounce			by: ©Lourie, Sara A./Project Seahorse
Author	Jordan & Snyder, 1901	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	花海馬	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海龍科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F295　Syngnathidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	苔海馬
Max Length	8 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海馬
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Totomi Bay, Hamamatsu, Totomi, Japan
Synonyms	Hippocampus coronatus, Hippocampus mohnikei
Reference	陳春暉(2003)澎湖的魚類；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1901 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳春暉 2003 陳春暉 2004
Specimen List
Common Name	Dhiho's seahorse
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Data deficient(DD)  2003-04-30   CITES Appendix 2
Characteristic	Rings: 10 + 34-38. Snout length: 2.4-2.6 in head length. Dorsal fin rays: 11-15 covering 2+0 rings. Pectoral fin rays: 12-14. Coronet moderately high, with branched fleshy tentacles. Tubercles or spines on each ring high, some of them with fleshy tentacles. Color greenish-grey with dark markings.
habitats	Mainly coastal rocky reefs.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific, including southern Korean, southern Japan and Taiwan. It is found in Penghu Is., western Taiwan.
Utility	International trade is monitored through a licensing system (CITES II, since 5.15.04).