New record

The first reported sighting of Hippocampos comes for Peninsula Malaysia.


In a blog titled "What would you know?" (Thursday, April 15, 2004) the importance of sharing information with others was mentioned. Choo Chee Kuang, the seahorse researcher in Malaysia who heard about my sighting has finally gotten back to me, and it turns out that my report is the first record of Tiger Tail Seahorse Hippocampus comes in Peninsula Malaysia. It is quite common in Sabah, and can also be found in Singapore waters.

The seahorse was likely to have been sighted before but no report was made. There probably exists a wealth of information out there if even one diver of each trip shared their sightings. Divers can work together to better the knowledge of our seas so we can better protect this environment which we love so much and spend so much time in. For the longest time, we've been taking from the sea, it's time to give for a change, even if in the littlest way.

It could be as simple as sharing your pix on a community web, putting the link up in forums and sending it to friends.

Since my reported sighting of H. comes in April, one more sighting has was made just this weekend of the same animal in the same reef along Aur. Just like that, the data grows...