Longsnout Seahorse

Longsnout Seahorse

In Longsnout Seahorses, like all other seahorses, the males give birth to the young, not the females. After mating, the females deposit their eggs in a pouch in the males which then seals up. The eggs then develop in the male until they are ready to be birthed and the pouch opens. A single birthing can be upwards of one-thousand live young.

Longsnout Seahorses vary greatly in color, but most are red to yellow. Some can be darker colors or even black.

The scientific genus name “Hippocampus” is Greek for “bent horse”.

These seahorses grow to be about 6 inches (15cm) long.

Seahorses use their curly tails to latch on to sea grasses and eat plankton and fish larvae that float by.

Seahorses are covered by bony rings that form a protective armor.

Seahorses swim upright by rapidly waving pectoral fins on their sides and a dorsal fin on their sides.