HippocampusInfo:- the place to find seahorse trade information from around the world

Seahorses (genus Hippocampus) are unique marine fishes that many nations trade for use in traditional medicines, aquarium pets, and as decorations.  Since 2002, seahorses have been listed on the international accord CITES¹. As of 2004, the seahorse trade must be controlled or monitored by members of CITES.  

What is a seahorse?

Created by Project Seahorse, this site assists CITES Parties by providing:

• Searchable libraries of reference material about many seahorse and marine conservation topics

• Easy-to-use identification guides for identifying:

  • all seahorse species (dried or live)

  • seahorse species found in the nine (9) focal CITES Parties/countries

• Historic trade information for CITES Parties/countries
  
  

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  ¹CITES is the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora.
  We encourage you to visit the CITES website (www.cites.org) to learn more about what CITES is or how CITES works.