Weedy pygmy seahorse
A species of Seahorses Scientific name : Hippocampus pontohi Genus : Seahorses
Weedy pygmy seahorse, A species of Seahorses
Botanical name: Hippocampus pontohi
Genus: Seahorses
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Description
The weedy pygmy seahorse is a small fish which can reach a maximum length of approximately 1.7 cm, which makes it one of the smallest representatives of the seahorses. The body is small and slender with a prehensile tail. The head is relatively large, it represents about 25% of the size of the body. The eyes are prominent. It has a moderately long snout and this later does not have any bulbous tip. The coronet rises rearwardly creating a kind of angle when the animal's profile is observed. The trunk and tail may also have some small bulbs. The coronet and the widest part of the back can have some red distinctive branching filaments. The body background color is whitish with a yellow to pinkish color on the head and backside of its body. Thin red lines may also extend from the starting point of the cutaneous filaments from its back. The tail has also some red bands.
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Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Fish Order
Seahorses and pipefishes Family
Pipefishes and seahorses Genus
Seahorses Species
Weedy pygmy seahorse 
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