Threatened Fishes of the World: Hippocampus comes Cantor 1850 (Syngnathidae)

Hippocampus comes is presently exploited at significant rates in the central portion of – and possibly throughout –its range. The species is traded in dried form for traditional medicine and alive for the aquarium trade. Here we provide the
most current life history, abundance and distribution information available for H. comes. These data should be helpful to researchers, and to management agencies in countries signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), tasked to implement strategies ensuring that trade is not detrimental to wild populations of H. comes (listed on Appendix II).

Morgan, S.K. & S.A. Lourie (2006). Threatened Fishes of the World: Hippocampus comes Cantor1850 (Syngnathidae). Environ Biol Fish 75:311–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-005-0003-z