Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Pygmy Seahorse
Pygmy Seahorse
Scientific Name: Hippocampus bargibanti
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Nerophinae
Category: Seahorses
Size: Up to 0.75 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 35-130 ft. (12-40 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia

Seahorses & Pipefishes
Seahorses

Pygmy Seahorse

Pygmy Seahorse (yellow variation)

Lined Seahorse

Thorny seahorse

Pacific Seahorse

Common Seahorse

Pontoh's Pygmy Seahorse (Dark variation)

Longsnout Seahorse

Smooth Seahorse



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