As its head and neck resemble a horse, scientists gave him this name. But it is a marine fish belonging to the genus hippocampus.
You can spot it swimming among seaweeds and other plants in shallow tropical and temperate salt waters throughout the world.
Unlike most fish that have scales on their body, it possesses segmented bony armour that protects me against my predators. Its pectoral fins, located behind its eyes, help in steering, while its curled tail helps in grasping objects.
A female seahorse lays eggs in a brood pouch on the male seahorse’s abdomen.
A master of camouflage, these fab fish can be incredibly difficult to spot. Camouflage not only helps the seahorse avoid predators, such as crabs and other fish, it helps it to be a predator, too. Feeding on small crustaceans, seahorses are super-skilled ambush predators. Rather than chasing their food, they wait, unnoticed, for prey to pass by. They then suck their unsuspecting victim though their tube-like mouth, before swallowing it whole.
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