Pygmy seahorse

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus

Pygmy seahorse is also called as Bargibanti’s seahorse. The pygmy seahorse belongs to the family Syngnathidae. The seahorse is tiny and can grow up to a heath of about 2.4 cm. The sea horse is found in two different colors. They are grey with red tubercles and yellow with orange tubercles.

The pygmy seahorse is found in the coastal regions along the southern Japan and Indonesia to Northern Australia and New Caledonia. They are found at a depth of about 10 to 40 m.



The lower portion males abdomen has a brood pouch in which the females lay the eggs. The eggs are fertilized by the males and incubated until the birth.

There are nine species of pygmy seahorse:

• Hippocampus bargibanti
• Hippocampus colemani
• Hippocampus debelius
• Hippocampus denise
• Hippocampus minotaur
• Hippocampus pontohi
• Hippocampus satomiae
• Hippocampus severnsi
• Hippocampus waleananus