Hippocampus, from the ancient Greek for “horse” and “sea monster.”
A sampling of the
world’s 46 identified
seahorse species
reveals their array
of sizes, colors, crowns,
fins, and frills.
BIRCH AQUARIUM AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA; RAMALHETE MARINE STATION, UNIVERSITY OF THE ALGARVE, FARO, PORTUGAL
Pot-bellied
seahorse
H. abdominalis
Barbour’s
seahorse
H. barbouri
Short-snouted
seahorse
H. hippocampus
White’s
seahorse
H. whitei
Dwarf
seahorse
H. zosterae