Fung Yiu, Sam King and Chow, Fuk Yat Cher and Tsang, Steven Hong Tai and Zhang, Xiong and Chung, Jeffery T. H. and Sin, Shadow Ying Tung and Chow, Wing Kuen and Chan, Leo L. (2022) New record of the Japanese Seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) in Hong Kong waters. Check List, 18 (3). pp. 455-461. ISSN 1809-127X
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A new record of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 was confirmed in Hong Kong through morphological and molecular identification. It is highly possible that there is an established population of H. mohnikei in Hong Kong due to continuous sightings by citizen scientists in the past nine years. The record is significant from a biogeographical perspective as it connects the distributions of known populations in northern China and Japan to those spanning Thailand to India. This further affirms the status of Hong Kong as a hotspot for seahorse biodiversity and conservation in China.