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Slender Seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Description:

Photo take at -50 ft in a Caribbean reef another incredible specimen to star the year.The slender seahorse typically grows to be approximately 6.8 inches long (17.5 centimeters). Males and females are easily distinguished due to their bright colors. Males are usually orange, while the females are yellow. However, both males an females may have brown or white spots placed sporadically upon their body. These spots may also change into a pink or white color during the courtship period

Habitat:

Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world, and prefer to live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, or mangroves. I

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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks S Frazier

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

moved to fish :-)>

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012

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