Why do so few baby seahorses survive?: Quick Facts

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Big-belly seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, with a rounded belly and pale body, swims upright against a dark blue underwater background.

A pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, camouflaged among the pink and white branches of its gorgonian sea fan coral host in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

A yellow slim seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) with a long snout and curled tail swims in an aquarium with a blurred, colorful background.

A seahorse clings to a strand of green sea grass with its tail, surrounded by other long, thin blades of algae.

A yellow spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) with a curled tail clings to red coral in an underwater environment.

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