helps identify seahorse

[ricardo jorge s]

Hello,

recently bought the first seahorse for my refuge, the salesman told me it was a hippocampus kuda, but to me it seems to me a hippocampus reidi ..

does someone can help me identify better?

I leave here some pictures, I hope to be able to see well and identify with no doubt ..

I thank you if someone can help me ..

best reguards ..

ricardo silva

 

[gtstylez87]

hippocampus reidi

 

[ricardo jorge s]

hippocampus reidi

hi gtstylez87 ,

thanks for the help already provided ..

when i buy it , y bought as a kuda, but later i started to see really well and seemed to me a reidi ..

after all it is a reidi ...

once again thanks for the help..

if somebody else want to confirm the identification I thank ..

best reguards ..

ricardo silva

PS - sorry my bad english ..

 

[namxas]

If the SH is still a juvie, sometimes it's hard to tell. However, the SH's coronet doesn't suggest H. reidi to me (note the little rear swept "hook"). The coronet of H. reidi looks like it has been "crumpled" flat. Also note the lined markings around the eyes of your SH, which also suggest kuda.

H. kuda

H. reidi

 

[ricardo jorge s]

hi ,

thanks for replying and helping me ..

this is one of the points that had seen it too, but if we see when the raids are the similarities between the new Kudas and reidis are some ..

the opinions are divided ..

already here in Portugal there is very different opinions, but here very few people have seahorses ..

we wait to see more opinions

once again thanks for help ..

best reguards ..

ricardo silva

 

[namxas]

this is one of the points that had seen it too, but if we see when the raids are the similarities between the new Kudas and reidis are some ..

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "raids"...

However, look at the double-pointed eye spines (hard to see in your pix) and prominent cheek spine on your SH...again, both are traits of H. kuda.

Both species have 11 body rings, so no help there. However, if you want to try and count the dorsal rays, H. kuda has 17-18, while H. reidi has 16-19 rays. Altho there is some overlap at 17-18, 16 or 19 rays will nail it down for you.

SH ID isn't easy for novice keepers, and for whatever reason, it sounds like you WANT your SH to be H. reidi, but I'm not seeing it.

 

[ricardo jorge s]

hi ,

thanks for the help .. then it is a kuda!

for those who realize it is easier to identify .. and I was not to get it ..

now I know it's a kuda, and after all the seller if not mistaken

best reguards ..

ricardo silva

 

[timinnl]

There is a flood of H. kuda over here in the EU right now. H. reidi are very hard to come by right now.