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DENISE’S PYGMY SEAHORSE (Hippocampus denise) ©Picture: Alex Mustard/Steve Bloom Images / Rex Features Hippocampus denise is tiny, growing only to a total length of 1.5 cm (5/8 inch). It is a yellowish brown and resembles the pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, though its tubercles are less distinct. They are usually solitary, though they may be found in small groups on their host gorgonians, colonies of the genera Acanthogorgra and Annella, in depths of up to 70m. They can be found off southern Japan, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia . Its natural habitat is coral reefs. The pygmy seahorse is undoubtedly one of the most well camouflaged species in the oceans, being very difficult to spot amongst the gorgonian coral it lives in. The camouflage is so effective that the species wasn’t actually discovered until its host gorgonian was being examined in a lab. Fact Source: Other photos you may enjoy: Pygmy Seahorse Ocellaris Clownfish Blue-lipped clam —- mabelmoments: Denise’s pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus denise) on a seafan (Subergorgia mollis). Picture: Alex Mustard/Steve Bloom Images / Rex Features

DENISE’S PYGMY SEAHORSE (Hippocampus denise)

©Picture: Alex Mustard/Steve Bloom Images / Rex Features

Hippocampus denise is tiny, growing only to a total length of 1.5 cm (5/8 inch). It is a yellowish brown and resembles the pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, though its tubercles are less distinct. They are usually solitary, though they may be found in small groups on their host gorgonians, colonies of the genera Acanthogorgra and Annella, in depths of up to 70m.

They can be found off southern Japan, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia . Its natural habitat is coral reefs.

The pygmy seahorse is undoubtedly one of the most well camouflaged species in the oceans, being very difficult to spot amongst the gorgonian coral it lives in. The camouflage is so effective that the species wasn’t actually discovered until its host gorgonian was being examined in a lab.

Fact Source:

Other photos you may enjoy:

Pygmy Seahorse

Ocellaris Clownfish

Blue-lipped clam

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mabelmoments:

Denise’s pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus denise) on a seafan (Subergorgia mollis). Picture: Alex Mustard/Steve Bloom Images / Rex Features

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