Amazing Seahorses

By

Laura McComb

EDU 529

Dr. Sha Li

Seahorse: Fish or Horse???

A seahorse is a fish!

Each day a seahorse can consume up to 3,000 brine shrimp; seahorses have no teeth and swallow their food whole.

Seahorses live in sea grass beds, mangroves, or coral reefs.

Seahorses live in

•sea grass

•mangroves

•the coral reef.

A Seahorse’s Body Parts coronet: is nearly as

distinctive as a human thumbprintdorsal fin: moves fish forwardpectoral fins: control turning and steeringeyes: each eye moves independentlyreproduction: male becomes pregnant when a female deposits her eggs into his pouch

Seahorse DADS give birth to about 100 babies.

Seahorse babies are on their own after their birth.

The Dwarf Pygmy Seahorse is 3 centimeters long.

The Spiny Seahorse is is 15 centimeters long.

The Hippocampus Reidi is 15

centimeters long.

A Seahorse’s Size

Kinds of Seahorses

Weedy Dragon Seahorse Alligator Seahorse

Potbelly Seahorse Leafy Dragon Seahorse

                 Are seahorses endangered?

Not officially. Seahorses are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s

(IUCN) Red List.

Seahorses, with their enchanting and almost magical appearance are truly amazing animals.

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