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Why do so few baby seahorses survive?
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Big-belly seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, with a rounded belly and pale body, swims upright against a dark blue underwater background.
Seahorse
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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Seahorse
Learn about seahorses and their habits.
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Big-belly seahorse
The big-belly seahorse (H. abdominalis) has a larger abdomen than other...
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Pygmy Seahorse
Pygmy seahorses are small. This pygmy seahorse blends in with the coral around it.
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Seahorse
A seahorse is a fish.
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Seahorse Holding On
A seahorse uses its tail to hold on to sea grass.
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seahorse
Seahorses are vulnerable to several threats, including pollution and climate change.
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