Species group · Bony fish
Seahorses
WAnimals has 2 species of seahorse, in the family Syngnathidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 84 countries
- 66 parks
- Length
- 15 cm – 30 cm
- Lifespan
- 3 years
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of seahorses on WAnimals
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
2 Vulnerable
2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Where they live
Recorded in 84 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Aeolian Islands1 species
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Albufera de Valencia1 species
- Aldabra1 species
- Alonissos and the Northern Sporades1 species
- Alonissos Marine Park1 species
- Amami Gunto1 species
- Ao Phang Nga1 species
- Arcipelago Toscano1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Asinara1 species
- Bali Barat1 species
- Aegadian Islands (Favignana)diving
- Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)diving
- Aeolian Islands (Vulcano)diving
- Alboran Islanddiving
- Alor Archipelagodiving
- Amalfi Coastdiving
Did you know…?
It is the male, not the female, that carries the fertilised eggs in a specialised brood pouch.
For all its slowness it is an extremely effective predator, with a strike success rate close to 90%.
Hard data on this species is limited; many figures come from comparisons across the genus Hippocampus.
It is the male that carries the young: the female deposits the eggs in his belly pouch with an ovipositor and he broods them and gives birth to fully formed offspring.
From Spotted Seahorse
Births tend to coincide with the full moon and also depend on the monsoon and the water temperature.
From Spotted Seahorse
It forms monogamous pairs through the breeding cycle, and the female may deposit a new clutch on the very day the previous brood is born.
From Spotted Seahorse