It's time to play....."ID That 'Horse"!

[inazuma]

The person who posted the videos claim they are H. erectus. I, on the other hand, think he isn't even close. But, what are they, H. reidi?

I just went through my "A Guide To The Identification Of Seahorses" and I'm still not sure what they are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTI0lbyW1c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nC8N8IFBMY

 

[ReefNutPA]

Personally, I would agree with Reidi.

 

[Coralfrenzy]

I nt know what kind they are but the red one is sure pretty.

 

[Sk8r]

Beautiful tank, BTW.

 

[ck1]

They look nothing like my H. Erectus and look an awful lot like all the pics of Reidi I have seen.

But with that being said- Wow, are they pretty and happy looking!

 

[ackee]

I think erectus is very possible: probably fairly young specimens, from whatever habitat/environment that produces those bizarre color variations. They certainly act and hunt like erectus, and are morphologically consistent with erectus.

 

[philter4]

They are most likely H. reidi, they have a much longer nose then erectus as well as erectus always have a series of colored lines radiating from the eye to the gill cover. I've had both, and the noses on these are like reidi, when you have the 2 next to each other in real life (photo is hard because of perception and scale) there is no mistaking between the 2.

 

[ackee]

You are probably right, but that longer snout can be deceiving, particularly because some erectus seem to me to have noticably variable snout lengths. The radiating lines might, I thought, be obsured by the aberrant colors. I've seen solid red erectus thar way. Still, you are likely correct, since I have only limited experience with reidi, seeing them often on the reef, but never keeping any. The seahorses in the film clip are also thin like reidi, which is why I speculated they might be young erectus which are also slim bodied.

I've observed, collected, and maintained many erectus, breeding and raising a few of them at one point.

On another topic, I greatly admire the Atlantic Longnosed BF in your avatar box. I've had a few of these fish, all hand caught by me. They are, without doubt, one of the hardest fish to catch. They are a beautiful, wonderful fish, and I hope to get another one someday.

 

[ann83]

The coronet makes it clear that they are not H. erectus. I'd go with H. reidi as well.

 

[philter4]

ackee, that is my favorite fish of all, I collected that one myself as well, there are tricks to collecting them, and I have good luck once I see them.

 

[vipjd39]

i breed southern erectus and have owned a pair of reidi so I'm going to have to vote for Reidi also. Those are some very pretty horses btw