Hippocampus japapigu is a precious new species of seahorse that was recently described from Japan. Despite its recent description, this very tiny seahorse has been documented for over a decade in the waters of Japan and was previously believed to be a variant of Pontohi’s seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi.  What this really tiny, barely half-inch pygmy seahorse … Continue reading Hippocampus japapigu, the Japanese Pygmy Seahorse officially Described