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Pygmy Seahorse

Hippocampus bargibanti

Description:

The pygmy seahorse, also known as Bargibanti's seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae found in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is tiny, usually less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in size and lives exclusively on fan corals.

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63 Comments (1–25)

Maeve McPartlin
Maeve McPartlin 7 years ago

So cute

Mike Jazz
Mike Jazz 9 years ago

Fascinating

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

awesome find! that's so pretty

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Awesome

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 10 years ago

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Belated congratulation on this wonderful spotting !

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

very sweet!

PalomadelaVega
PalomadelaVega 11 years ago

my favority sea horse!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Wow! Very nice!

ShaumingLo
ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks JeannePickles and Ken Ken

JeannePickles
JeannePickles 11 years ago

Very cool! And very pretty :)

Ken Ken
Ken Ken 11 years ago

Wo~Like~!!!

ShaumingLo
ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks Sachin Zaveri

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations ShaumingLo!

ShaumingLo
ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks MayraSpringman, always having surprises from Project Noah!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantastic!!!

ShaumingLo
ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks KarenL for the info, Neil DAzet, JollyIbanez, IgCostaNut-Larry for all your encouragements !

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Congratulations ShaumingLo! Great shot and great accomplishment!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Congratulations ShaumingLo. You made it to Animal Planet!

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

This is a beautiful creature!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Shauming!
Your amazing seahorse has been featured by Animal Planet - http://blogs.discovery.com/animal-planet...

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

Sweet :-)

KathleenMorganWalsh
KathleenMorganWalsh 11 years ago

This is so beautiful!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 11 years ago

Definitivamente un super SOTD felicitaciones ....

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Interesante

ShaumingLo
Spotted by
ShaumingLo

Balingoan, North Mindanao, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 4, 2007
Submitted on Dec 6, 2011

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