Seahorse Animal Pictures

Hippocampus

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A red seahorse near the ocean bottom

Seahorse (Hippocampus) - red and white floating swimming
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A seahorse near the ocean bottom

Seahorse (Hippocampus) - yellow adolescent
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Tiger tail seahorse on whip coral

Seahorse (Hippocampus) - holding onto coral with tail
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Seahorse (Hippocampus) - babies in grass underwater
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Seahorse (Hippocampus) - up close
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Seahorse (Hippocampus) - against white background
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Seahorse, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Image taken by Clark Anderson/Aquaimages.
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Seahorse, Turneffe Islands, Belize. Image taken by Clark Anderson/Aquaimages.
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What Do Seahorses Eat
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Seahorses eat crustaceans, algae, and plankton.

A dwarf seahorse clings to an underwater leaf.

Slowest Animals In North America
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A dwarf seahorse clings to an underwater leaf. It is recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the slowest moving fish, with a painful top speed of about 150 centimeters per hour.

Animals That Dance
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Two Seahorses, with their tails entwined, during their courtship process.

Largest seahorse - Lined Seahorse
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Short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) in is natural environment.

10 Largest Seahorses - Short-Snout
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Animals That Change Color- Seahorse
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Animals That Change Color- Seahorse
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The seahorse can make sudden color changes that may help to deter its predators.

Animals That Lay Eggs: Seahorses

Animals That Lay Eggs: Seahorses
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Seahorse heads are shaped to let them move through the water undetected. The quietly sneaky hunting technique gives them an impressive 90 percent successful predatory kill rate.