Tropical Reefs

Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse

Fiji

Dark variation

Fiji

Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Dark variation

Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse

Scientific Name: Hippocampus pontohi

Synonyms: Hippocampus severnsi

Family: Syngnathidae

Subfamily: Hippocampinae

Category: Seahorses

Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.6 cm)

Depth: 20-80 ft. (6-25 m)

Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia

Note: Dark variation formerly classified as H. severnsi

Seahorses