Hippocampus erectus

Some guy named Perry in 1810 brought this species' attention to science and gave it a scientific name. Not known if this is the same scientific name it currently has. Called the Lined Seahorse in common English due to its (probably) little tons of lines all over it when one takes a closer look or because its patterns sometimes have more apparent lines or bands. It lives from the northern western Atlantic along the North American coast all the way to the middle of South America. It also inhabits the waters of the Azores islands in the mid-Atlantichttps://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10066/20191442.
This seahorse is one of the many sold as aquatic pets. It has breeds (or an attempt to pass off a seahorse as a breed by use of trademarking) from some sellers, like the Ocean Rider Mustanghttps://seahorse.com/product/mustangs-hippocampus-erectus-pairs-medium/https://uspto.report/TM/78074058. These farm-raised variants are more trustworthy of people and are bred to not shy away from food in human hands.
It seems that thousands went missing or died as a result of uncounted trawling in Florida in the early 2000shttps://projectseahorse.org/resource/bycatch-of-lined-seahorses-hippocampus-erectus-in-a-gulf-of-mexico-shrimp-trawl-fishery/.
== Sea also ==
Seahorses
== References ==
Category:Seahorses
Category:Atlantic seahorses
Category:Florida marine life