Check List 13(2): e19667, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2065
The presence of the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004 (Teleostei: Syngnatidae) in Monte Hermoso, southwestern Buenos Aires province, Argentina
María L. Estalles‡, María G. Pujol§, Natalia E. Sánchez|, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa‡, Diego C. Luzzatto‡‡ Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC- CONICET), Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Argentina§ Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Lorenzo Scaglia”, Argentina| Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Vicente Di Martino”, Argentina
Corresponding author: Diego Luzzatto ( syngna@gmail.com ) © 2017 María Estalles, María Pujol, Natalia Sánchez, Juan Díaz de Astarloa, Diego Luzzatto. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Luzzatto D, Estalles M, Pujol M, Diaz de Astarloa J, Sánchez N (2017) The presence of the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004 (Teleostei: Syngnatidae) in Monte Hermoso, southwestern Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Check List 13(2): 2065. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2065 |  |
Abstract
Based on data gathered during interviews with local artisanal fishermen and seahorses collected by them, Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto 2004 was found to occur in coastal waters of Monte Hermoso, southwestern Buenos Aires province, Argentina. High catches spanning several years and the identification of specimens confirm the presence of H. patagonicus in Monte Hermoso.
Keywords
distribution; fish; Gasterosteiformes; record; Southwestern Atlantic Ocean