{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Jayakar's seahorse | image = Hippocampus jayakari.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Kuo, T.-C. |author2=Pollom, R. |date=2017 |title=''Hippocampus jayakari'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T10074A54145490 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10074A54145490.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A2 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | taxon = Hippocampus jayakari | authority = Boulenger, 1900 | synonyms = }} '''Jayakar's seahorse''' (''Hippocampus jayakari'') is a species of coastal fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from the Red and Arabian seas to the central coast of Pakistan.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> It lives in seagrass beds (such as ''Halophila'' spp.), algae, soft-bottom substrates, sponges, and rocky habitats, where it can grow to lengths of {{convert|14|cm|in}}.<ref name=fb>Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall, 1999. Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. p.214</ref> It can inhabit depths to {{convert|20|m|ft}}, though it is more commonly found at {{convert|2-3|m|ft}}.<ref name=fb/> It is expected to feed on small crustaceans, similar to other seahorses. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth to live young.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> Individuals reach sexual maturity at {{convert|11|cm|in}}.<ref name=fb/> The specific name and the common name honours the Indian physician, linguist and ichthyologist Dr. Surgeon-Major Atmaram Sadashiv "Muscati" Jayakar (1844–1911).<ref name = Bemon>{{cite web | url = http://www.bemon.loven.gu.se/petymol.ij.html | title = Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. IJ | access-date = 19 May 2018 | publisher = Hans G. Hansson}}</ref>

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