The trait is unique in these strange and fascinating fish that inhabit tropical and temperate coastal waters worldwide. ... There are 32 species of seahorse, all in the genus Hippocampus.

Before now, the smallest known seahorse was H. bargibanti, which is about 24 mm long. The smallest known bony fish is the goby Trimmatom nanus, also found in tropical waters and typically just 10 mm ...

Backgrounder -- The New Pygmy Seahorse . The Discovery. Species name: Hippocampus denise. Family: Syngnathidae. Habitat: Tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean, between 13 and 90 metres ...

HABITAT: This species lives in seagrass beds in tropical and subtropical shallow coastal areas. It is associated with mangrove ecosystems. RANGE: The dwarf seahorse can be found in shallow coastal ...

ANGLESEY Sea Zoo was celebrating an unusual new arrival last night. Two baby British short-snouted seahorses, which were accidentally caught off Hastings in the spring, have bred and given birth ...

Scuba diver Lloyd Bond thought the first time he saw a spotfin butterfly fish under a Nova Scotia wharf it would be a one-off. "It's like, oh wow, I saw a butterfly fish and a seahorse in the same ...