Seahorses, known for their horse-like heads, belong to the genus Hippocampus and are found in tropical and subtropical coastal waters. They have unique features such as a monkey-like tail and can change color for camouflage while feeding on small organisms. Male seahorses are responsible for pregnancy, with a unique courtship ritual that involves dancing and color change.

1. HIPPOCAMPUS
(SEA HORSE)
NAME : SAHIL
ROLL NO : 2330

2. Content
• Classification
• Introduction
• Appearance
• Habitat
• Feeding
• Movement
• Camouflage
• Reproduction
• Summary

3. Introduction
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•Seahorses are tiny fish. They
are named after the shape of
their head that sort of looks
like a head of tiny horse.
• There are at least 25 species
of seahorse and the spiny sea
dragon .

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

6. Appearance
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•Seahorse appear to be very different
from other fishes in the sea.
•They are tiny, have a horse -like head.
Monkey -like tail and kangaroo -like
pouch , their eyes are like a chameleon.
• They have thin skin stretched over a
series of bony plates that are visible as
rings around the trunk.

7. Appearance
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8. • Some species also have spiny
plates cover seahorses bodies
from the tip of their head down
to their curly tails.
• A group of spines on the top of the
head is called coronet because it look
like a crown.

9. Appearance
• When seahorses are babies ,
they are only about 5 cm
long but they can grow up to
36 cm long.

10. Habitat
• Seahorses are found in tropical and subtropical costal
and reef waters all over the pacific, Atlantic and Indian
oceans.
• Seahorses are also found in mangrove roots , sea grass
beds, mud slopes , open waters, eel grass
, kelp and rocks.
• The large belly seahorse is the only seahorse found in
new Zealand.

11. Eating
• Seahorses eat tiny organisms such as small
shrimp , as well as very small fish and
plankton.
• Sometimes they eat small fish larvae or
anything small enough for them to swallow.
• Seahorses eat sucking through their tube-like
snout.

12. Movement
• They move independently of each other and in
all directions.
• When there are storms, seahorses clim to pieces
of seaweed with their tails.
• The storms toss them off and washes them
ashore, so they cannot get back to the sea
until the tide comes in.

13. Camouflage
• Seahorses can come in all different colors, they
are master of camouflage.
• They can change color to blend in with their
habitat.
• Some are bright color to blend in with coral but
some are brownish color to blend in with rocks.
• Many species have blotchy skin patterns which
help obscure their outline they can change color
in a matter of minutes to match their surrounding.

14. Reproduction
 Male seahorse are responsible about pregnancy and giving
birth.
 Pregnancy lasts between two and four weeks, the length
decreasing with increasing Temperature.
 The reproductive process begins when male and female
seahorse do daily pre_ dawn dances.
 The reproduction ritual involves dancing, changing
color and entwining tails.

15.  Sometimes, more than one male seahorse
will compete to win the affections of a female.
Males can inflate their pouch by pumping
water through it to display its emptiness.
the purpose of courtship behavior is to entice
the female to deposit her eggs in it.

16. Summary
• Also known as Sea horse
• Found in tropical and subtropical costal and reef waters all
over the pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
• Seahorses eat tiny organisms such as small shrimp , as well
as very small fish and
plankton.
• It shows camouflage.