New record of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) in Hong Kong waters

Sam King Fung Yiu; Cher F Y Chow; Steven Hong Tai Tsang; Xiong Zhang; Jeffery Tzu Hao Chung; Shadow Ying Tung Sin; Wing Kuen Chow; Leo Lai Chan

doi:10.15560/18.3.455

New record of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) in Hong Kong waters

Sam King Fung Yiu, Cher F Y Chow, Steven Hong Tai Tsang, Xiong Zhang, Jeffery Tzu Hao Chung, Shadow Ying Tung Sin, Wing Kuen Chow, Leo Lai Chan^*

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A new record of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 was confirmed in Hong Kong through morphological and molecular identification. It is highly possible that there is an established population of H. mohnikei in Hong Kong due to continuous sightings by citizen scientists in the past nine years. The record is significant from a biogeographical perspective as it connects the distributions of known populations in northern China and Japan to those spanning Thailand to India. This further affirms the status of Hong Kong as a hotspot for seahorse biodiversity and conservation in China.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455–461
Number of pages	7
Journal	Check List
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.455
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2022

Keywords

Species distribution
Subtropical region
Distribution expansion
South China Sea

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New record of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) in Hong Kong waters

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