Table 2.
Population demographics of Hippocampus guttulatus (a) and H. hippocampus (b)
| Site | Total number | Juvenile (%) | Proportion of females |
L
s (cm) (min and max) |
Sampling period | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Hippocampus guttulatus | ||||||
| PUK | 17 | 0 | 0.53 | 13.6 (8.6–18.6) | May, Aug, Oct | This study |
| OUK | 28 | n/a | n/a | 15.7 (10.0–21.6)b | n/a | Neil Garrick-Maidment Pers. Corr. |
| BFR | 15 | 1 | 0.60 | 15.2 (8.0–20.5) | June | This study |
| AFR | 38 | 3 | 0.71 | 13.0 (8.6–17.4) | Sept, Oct, Nov | This study |
| GSP | 21 | 14 | 0.33 | n/a | Year-round | Valladares et al. (2011) |
| APO | 84 | n/a | n/a | 12.8 (3.6–18.5) | Year-round | Veiga et al. (2009) |
| TPO | 37 | 8 | 0.50 | 13.2 (9.0–20.4) | Sept, Oct | This study |
| PPO | 42 | 43 | 0.45 | 13.9 (9.0–16.8) | Sept | This study |
| RPO | 321 | 17 | 0.57 | 12.7 (8.7–17.9) | Sept | This study |
| 384 | 13 | 0.55 | 11.3a (6.9–21.5) | May–Oct over 3 years | Curtis and Vincent (2006) | |
| 58 | 10 | 0.57 | n/a | July–Nov | Caldwell and Vincent (2012) | |
| 1674 | 6 | 0.53 | n/a | Year-round | Correia (2015) | |
| 2042 | n/a | n/a | 11.7 (7.1–16.6)b | Year-round | Vieira et al. (2014) | |
| MSP | 19 | 0 | 0.62 | 11.8 (9.2–17.9) | June | This study |
| RSP | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a (4.2–7.3)c | Year-round | Verdiell‐Cubedo et al. (2006) |
| TFR | 25 | 0 | 0.36 | 13.0 (9.9–18.6) | June, July, Aug | This study |
| 114 | 16 | 0.62 | 12.0 (8.1–16)b | Year-round | Louisy (2011) | |
| MIT | 225 | 21 | 0.54 | 10.0 (7.0–14.0) | June–Sept | Gristina et al. (2015) |
| KGR | 14 | 7 | 0.46 | 13.0 (8.0–15.7) | Sept | This study |
| CGR | 13 | 0 | 0.53 | 11.2 (8.6–15.3) | Sept | This study |
| VBU | 60 | 2 | 0.68 | 6.4 (4.3–9.0) | June | This study |
| TTR | 272 | n/a | 0.50 | 8.3 (6.5–10.3)c | Year-round | Kasapoglu and Duzgunes (2014) |
| NTR | 139 | n/a | 0.42 | n/a (5.7–9.0) | n/a | Başusta et al. (2014) |
| WTR | 135 | n/a | n/a | 10.8 (6.4–13.2)cd | n/a | Filiz and Taskavak (2012) |
| ATR | 200 | n/a | 0.48 | 13.3 (10.0–16.5) | Year-round | Gurkan and Taskavak (2007) |
| RGR | 279 | n/a | 0.54 | 10.8 (7.8–22.5) | Mar | Kitsos et al. (2008) |
| GTU | 1773 | n/a | n/a | 12.5 (6.3–17.6)ce | Year-round | Ben Amor et al. (2011) |
| (b) H. hippocampus | ||||||
| HUK | 49 | 40 | 0.61 | 10.5 (5.6–19.8) | Sept | This study |
| SUK | 24 | 33 | 0.50 | 9.9 (7.1–16.8) | April | This study |
| OUK | 9 | n/a | n/a | 9.4 (5.1–15.2) | n/a | Neil Garrick-Maidment Pers. Corr. |
| BFR | 16 | 0 | 0.50 | 10.2 (7.3–13.5) | June | This study |
| AFR | 13 | 13 | 0.54 | 10.6 (5.7–15.7) | Sept, Oct, Nov | This study |
| GSP | 9 | n/a | 0.34 | n/a (11.8–17.1) | Year-round | Valladares et al. (2013) |
| APO | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a (4.5–13.7)c | Year-round | Veiga et al. (2009) |
| PPO | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 8.3 (4.3–14.9) | Sept | This study |
| RPO | 44 | 0 | 0.60 | 8.7 (4.3–17.6) | Sept, October | This study |
| 41 | 2 | 0.44 | n/a (8.7–14.6) | June–Sept | Curtis and Vincent (2005) | |
| 18 | 28 | 0.38 | n/a | July–Nov | Caldwell and Vincent (2012) | |
| 418 | n/a | n/a | 8.3 (5.0–13.4)b | Sept | Vieira et al. (2014) | |
| 86 | 22 | 0.53 | n/a | Sept | Correia (2015) | |
| MSP | 23 | 0 | 0.52 | 8.5 (5.1–13.4) | May, June | This study |
| GFR | 21 | 0 | 0.61 | 8.5 (5.6–13.3) | July | This study |
| GMA | 5 | 0 | 0.60 | 9.1 (6.4–13.4) | Aug | This study |
| MIT | 16 | 6 | n/a | n/a | June–Sept | Gristina et al. (2015) |
| RIT | 46 | n/a | n/a | 8.4 (5.7–10.3) | March | This study |
| KGR | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 7.9 (5.7–11.1) | Sept | This study |
| WTR | 279 | n/a | n/a | 8.4 (5.2–12.8)d | n/a | Filiz and Tasavak (2012) |
| ATR | 29 | n/a | 0.27 | 11.3 (7.9–14.0) | Year-round | Gurkan and Taskavak (2007) |
| RGR | 19 | n/a | 0.26 | 9.3 (6.9–10.4) | Mar | Kitsos et al. (2008) |
| GTU | 236 | n/a | n/a | 10.9 (7.4–15.6) | Year-round | Ben Amor et al. (2011) |
| LCN | 19 | 0 | 0.52 | 8.4 (5.6–11.9) | Nov | This study |
| GCN | 165 | 20 | 0.58 | 10.2 (7.7–14.7) | Year-round | Otero-Ferrer et al. (2015a) |
| SEN | 40 | n/a | n/a | 13.7 (10.8–18.1)d | n/a | This study |
Number of seahorses samples, percentage of juveniles, sex ratio, standard length (L s) and sampling period
aAt first reproduction
bHeight
cTotal length
dDried specimens
eID as H. ramulosus