Pygmy Seahorse
Rawan Khatib Period 2
Camouflage
- Spend their adult life camouflaging on a single gorgonian coral.
Habitat
- Live in the low tide.
- Live around gorgonian coral in the Pacific ocean.
Daily Changes
- Pygmy seahorses have to deal with the wave action.
- To avoid wave action they grip on to coral.
How do they swim!!
- The pygmy seahorse swims by gliding. They use their dorsal fin to go forward.
How do they eat!!!
- Sea horses eat by sucking in their pray. They eat them whole because they have no teeth.
- Sea horses typically eat small animals like shrimp.
PREDATORS!
- Tuna
- Rays
- Crabs
Fun Facts
- 11-14 days for a pygmy seahorse egg to be born.
- They are dark until they reach the reef.