Hippocampus denise

Lourie & Randall, 2003

Denise's Pygmy Seahorse

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Size: 1 inch (2 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits bays and lagoons where gorgonian corals exist and feeds on minute crustaceans.

General Husbandry: Orange in color and lives on gorgonian seafans (Annella reticulata, and various species in the genus Muricella and Echinogorgia).

Taxonomy:

Order: Syngnathiformes

Suborder: Syngnathoidei

Family: Syngnathidae

Genus: Hippocampus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.