Common name : Short snouted seahorse
Scientific name : Hippocampus hippocampus
Family : Syngnathidae
Native to : Oceans worldwide
Interesting fact : The male has a pouch on the ventral side, used for carrying the eggs.
Conservation status : Data Deficient
The seahorse has a horse-like head and lives in seagrass beds, estuaries and coral reefs. They grow 1.5-35.5 cm long and swim upright. Bony but scale-less, they have flexible necks, long snouts and eyes that move independent of each other. They rest with their prehensile tails wound around stationary objects. They feed on small crustaceans, invertebrates and larval fish.
