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Reproduction And Food Habits Of The Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus Erectus (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) Of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia., R. L. Teixeira, John A. Musick
Reproduction And Food Habits Of The Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus Erectus (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) Of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia., R. L. Teixeira, John A. Musick
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The reproductive and feeding biology of the lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, was studied inChesapeake Bay. Seahorses are monogamous, and males incubate the eggs received from femalesin a closed brood pouch (= marsupium). Females do not play any parental care after mating. Totalsex ratio and the operational sex ratio was strongly skewed toward females. Males and females hadsimilar number of eggs/embryos and hydrated oocytes, respectively. The number of eggs/embryosfound in the male brood pouch varied from 97 to 1,552 (fish from 80 to 126 mm TL), whereas thenumber of hydrated oocytes in female varied from 90 to 1,313 (fish from 60 …