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Hippocampus kuda
Population trends and status: No information was located.
Threats: No information was located.
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, there was no reported trade from in
Kenya 2004-2010. Prior to the species’ listing in the CITES Appendices in 2004, Germany
reported the direct import of two live specimens in 2000. With the exception of 2003, all
annual reports have been received from Kenya for the period 2000-2010.
Management: No information was located.
MADAGASCAR
Distribution in range State: Occurrence in Madagascar reported by McKenna and Allen
(2005) and Dawson (1986, cited in FishBase, 2010), although noted as questionable.
Specimens from Madagascar were later considered to represent H. borboniensis or H. fuscus
and Madagascar was therefore not considered to be a range State for H. kuda (Lourie et al.,
2004; Lourie, 2011). The CITES Management Authority of Madagascar (in litt. to UNEP-
WCMC, 2011) reported that they had no information on H. kuda in Madagascar.
Population trends and status: No information was located.
Threats: No information was located.
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, no trade from Madagascar was
reported 2004-2010. Annual reports from Madagascar have been received for all years.
Management: No information was located.
MALDIVES
Distribution in range State: Occurrence reported by Kuiter (2009) and Lourie (in litt. to
Foster, 2011).
Population trends and status: No information was located.
Threats: Hippocampus spp. did not appear to be targeted in the reef fishery (Sattar, 2008) or
harvested for the live aquarium trade (Adam, 1995; Saleem and Adam, 2003).
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, no trade in H. kuda from the
Maldives was reported 2004-2010. The Maldives is not a Party to CITES and therefore has
not submitted any annual reports.
Management: Capture fisheries are regulated in the Fisheries Law of the Maldives No. 5/87
of 1987, limiting fishing in the coastal area (75 mile radius) to Maldivian fishers only,
without a requirement of licensing. No information on the protection status of the species in
the Maldives was located.
MAURITIUS
Distribution in range State: Occurrence in Mauritius reported by Baissac (1990, cited in
FishBase, 2010), however specimens from Mauritius were later considered to represent
H. borboniensis or H. fuscus and Mauritius was therefore not considered to be a range State
for H. kuda (Lourie et al., 2004).
Population trends and status: Hippocampus spp. was reported not to be common in
Mauritius and in need of protection (CoP12 Prop. 37).
Threats: No information was located.
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, reported trade in H. kuda originating
in Mauritius 2004-2010 was the direct import of 22 live, wild-sourced specimens by
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