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OverviewAbsolutely captivating creatures, seahorses seem like a product of myth and imagination rather than of nature. They are small, elusive, and are named for their heads, which are shaped like miniature ponies with tiny snouts. They swim slowly upright by rapidly fanning their delicate dorsal fin, coil their tails to anchor themselves in a drift, and spend days in a dancing courtship. Afterward, it is the male who carries the female’s eggs in his pouch and hatches the young. Seahorses are found worldwide, and they are highly sensitive to environmental destruction and disturbance, making them the flagship species for shallow-water habitat conservation. They are as ecologically important as they are beautiful. Seahorses celebrates the remarkable variety of seahorse species as well as their exquisiteness. 57 species, including seadragons and pipefish, are presented in lush, life-size photographs alongside descriptive drawings, and each entry includes detailed and up-to-date information on natural history and conservation. Sara Lourie, a foremost expert on seahorse taxonomy, presents captivating stories of species that range from less than an inch to over a foot in height, while highlighting recent discoveries and ecological concerns. Accessibly written, but comprehensive in scope, this book will be a stunning and invaluable reference on seahorse evolution, biology, habitat, and behavior. Masters of camouflage and rarely seen, seahorses continue to be a fascinating subject of active research. This visually rich and informative book is certain to become the authoritative guide to these charming and unusual wonders of the sea, beloved at aquariums the world over. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sara A. LouriePublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780226338415ISBN 10: 022633841 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 06 May 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsINTRODUCING SEAHORSES WHAT ARE SEAHORSES? Horses of the Sea The family Syngnathidae Myths and Legends MORPHOLOGY Adaptations of head Bony plates Prehensile tail Fins Pouch Internal organs Camouflage LIFE HISTORY & BEHAVIOUR Life-span Holdfasts Home ranges Feeding Predators COURTSHIP & REPRODUCTION Pair bonds & Greetings Courtship & Mating Eggs, Pregnancy & Birth Seahorse Offspring DISTRIBUTION Habitats Map of distribution Dispersal Molecular evidence EVOLUTION Fossil evidence Genetics and phylogeny Major clades within Hippocampus Morphological changes TRADE Traditional Medicine Aquaria Curios Sources CONSERVATION Seahorses as flagships Population declines Destructive fishing Livelihoods and conservation Aquaculture IUCN Red List CITES and national legislation Project Seahorse iSeahorse How you can help THE SPECIES SEAHORSES Introduction to the Species Pygmy seahorses H. bargibanti H. colemani H. denise H. pontohi H. satomiae H. waleananus Temperate Australasian species H. abdominalis H. breviceps Spiny, striped-snout clade H. angustus H. barbouri H. comes H. histrix H. jayakari H. procerus H. subelongatus H. whitei Three-spot seahorses H. camelopardalis H. planifrons H. trimaculatus Japanese miniatures H. coronatus H. mohnikei H. sindonis Semi-spiny H. kuda relatives H. kelloggi H. spinosissimus Hippocampus kuda clade H. algiricus H. borboniensis H. capensis H. fisheri H. fuscus H. ingens H. kuda H. reidi Basal kuda-oid species H. guttulatus Hippocampus erectus clade H. erectus H. hippocampus H. patagonicus Species of uncertain placement H. debelius H. jugumus H. minotaur H. montebelloensis H. paradoxus H. pusillus H. tyro H. zebra H. zosterae A SELECTION OF SEAHORSE RELATIVES GASTROPHORI: TRUNK-BROODING PIPEFISH Nerophis ophidion Doryrhamphus excisus [or D. dactyliophorus] UROPHORI: TAIL-BROODING PIPEFISH Halicampus macrorhynchus Trachyrhamphus longirostris Syngnathus acus Corythoichthys intestinalis SEADRAGONS & PIPEHORSES Haliichthys taeniophorus Phycodurus eques Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Solegnathus spinosissimus Syngnathoides biaculeatus PYGMY PIPEHORSES Acentronura tentaculata Idiotropiscus lumnitzeri Kymenoichthys rumengani REFERENCES & FURTHER READING Table of meristic counts INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSReviews"""Seahorses are the most un-fishlike of all fishes, with their horse-like heads, prehensile tails, and near absence of fins. This guide covers every one of the 42 known species of seahorses, plus 15 additional relatives, including the seadragon. In addition to beautiful color photographs of all but the rarest species, the descriptions nicely summarize what is known about the distribution, reproduction, and identifying characters of each. The really striking feature, however, is an elegantly simple one: inclusion of a life-sized shadow/silhouette of each species. It is rather astounding to see that some of the pygmy seahorses are literally no larger than the average housefly! . . . Highly recommended.""-- ""Choice""" Seahorses are the most un-fishlike of all fishes, with their horse-like heads, prehensile tails, and near absence of fins. This guide covers every one of the 42 known species of seahorses, plus 15 additional relatives, including the seadragon. In addition to beautiful color photographs of all but the rarest species, the descriptions nicely summarize what is known about the distribution, reproduction, and identifying characters of each. The really striking feature, however, is an elegantly simple one: inclusion of a life-sized shadow/silhouette of each species. It is rather astounding to see that some of the pygmy seahorses are literally no larger than the average housefly! . . . Highly recommended. --Choice Seahorses are the most un-fishlike of all fishes, with their horse-like heads, prehensile tails, and near absence of fins. This guide covers every one of the 42 known species of seahorses, plus 15 additional relatives, including the seadragon. In addition to beautiful color photographs of all but the rarest species, the descriptions nicely summarize what is known about the distribution, reproduction, and identifying characters of each. The really striking feature, however, is an elegantly simple one: inclusion of a life-sized shadow/silhouette of each species. It is rather astounding to see that some of the pygmy seahorses are literally no larger than the average housefly! . . . Highly recommended. -- Choice Author InformationSara Lourie is a research associate with Project Seahorse. She has identified multiple new pygmy seahorse species and is the author of several books and articles on seahorse taxonomy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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