Table 1:
Species composition and sexes of fresh/live and dried seahorse samples found in coastal waters and the local market of Kota Kinabalu.
| Types of sample | Fresh/Live | Dried | |||||||
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| Species | Sampling station | No. of individuals | (%) | Male | Female | No. of individuals | (%) | Male | Female |
| H. barbouri | Gaya Island, Tanjung Aru and UMS Jetty | 11 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 24.8 | 42 | 36 |
| H. comes | UMS Jetty | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 16.5 | 20 | 32 |
| H. kelloggi | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 7.6 | 14 | 10 |
| H. kuda | UMS Jetty | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | 14 | 4.4 | 9 | 5 |
| H. spinosissimus | Tanjung | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | 110 | 35.0 | 48 | 62 |
| Aru | |||||||||
| H. trimaculatus | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 11.8 | 21 | 16 |
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| Total individuals | 18 | 315 | |||||||