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SEAHORSES & PIPEFISH

Few sea creatures have the universal appeal of the seahorse, one of nature’s true oddities. To many people the only connection between a seahorse and the fish from the local market is that both are found in the ocean. Seahorses are part of a much larger group of animals (the family Synganthidae) which have thick, external armour encasing the body and a tubular snout tipped with a mouth designed like a hatch door. The family also includes pipefishes, pipehorses and sea dragons. My favourite? Definitely the pygmee seahorse, especially the Bargibanti.

CORYTOICHTHYS SCHULTZI
SOLENOSTOMUS PARADOXUS
HIPPOCAMPUS BARGIBANTI
SIOKUNICHTHYS NIGROLINEATUS
BULBONARICUS BRAUNI
SOLENOSTOMUS CYANOPTERUS
HIPPOCAMPUS PONTOHI
DUNCKEROCAMPUS DACTYLIOPHORUS
HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA
HIPPOCAMPUS BARGIBANTI
CORYTHOICHTHYS INTESTINALIS
SOLENOSTOMUS HALIMEDA
HIPPOCAMPUS HISTRIX
DORYHAMPHUS EXCISUS (40mm)
SOLENOSTOMUS HALIMEDA
SOLENOSTOMUS PARADOXUS
KYONEMICHTHYS RUMENGANI
ACENTRONURA TENTACULATA
HIPPOCAMPUS PONTOHI
HIPPOCAMPUS SEVERNSI
SOLENOSTOMUS SP
HIPPOCAMPUS BARGIBANTI
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