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Slender Seahorse
Hippocampus guttulatus
20.6285, -87.0798
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Description:
Photo take at -50 ft in a Caribbean reef another incredible specimen to star the year.The slender seahorse typically grows to be approximately 6.8 inches long (17.5 centimeters). Males and females are easily distinguished due to their bright colors. Males are usually orange, while the females are yellow. However, both males an females may have brown or white spots placed sporadically upon their body. These spots may also change into a pink or white color during the courtship period
Habitat:
Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world, and prefer to live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, or mangroves. I
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Long-snouted seahorse
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2012
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