Pygmy Seahorses

Pygmy Seahorses are 2 cm in size, making them one of the smallest in the world.

The official scientific name for the Pygmy Seahorses is Hippocampus Bargibanti.

They are found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, which is also where all seven different species of them live.

Camouflage is one of the Pygmy Seahorses specialties.

They live in sea fan coral which comes in the colors purple and orange.

Pygmy Seahorses change color to either purple or orange, depending on which sea fan coral they land on.

They also grow little Tubercies (bumps) on their body so they can camouflage into the texture of the coral as well as the color.

Pygmy Seahorses do a courtship dance to create the baby Pygmy Seahorses.

The father takes care of the babies in his brood pouch until they are ready to come out.

The babies start off brown and soon change color to either purple or orange depending on the color of the sea fan coral is that they land on first.

Pygmy Seahorses eat tiny Crustaceans, which are a large group of aquatic things, such as crabs, lobster, shrimp, barnacles.

They are very good at hiding because of their camouflage techniques.

Their predators are just the main things like.. larger fish, and sharks .

The coral reef is being destroyed!!

The coral reef is getting worse due to so much temperature changing, fishing nets and fishing practices, acidification.

This is where a lot of sea fan coral is and some species of the Pygmy Seahorses live there.