We’ve never really given much thought as to why seahorses swim upright or why they have S-shaped bodies but that hasn’t stopped curious researchers from teasing out some possible answers. Unlike the streamlined and tubular pipefish, the venerable seahorse is…
Hippocampus paradoxus, a new seahorse species discovered from specimen holdings of South Western Australia
Hippocampus paradoxus is newly described species of small seahorse from South Western Australia which was discovered from holdings of preserved specimens. Hippocampus paradoxus bears some resemblance to the similarly sized and shaped H. minotaur, of which only a few samples…
‘Seahorses and their Relatives’ by Rudie Kuiter is the new Seahorse Bible
When veteran sealife author and photographer Rudie Kuiter puts together a book on a group of fish you can be quite assured that he will take the bar and raise up more than a few notches. The first aquarium-relevant book…
13 million year old seahorse fossil found in Slovenia
The photo above shows a 2.5″ fossil of Hippocampus sarmaticus which was discovered in a streambank in Slovenia. The 13 million year old fossil is one of the oldest ever found and it was closely accompanied by a handful of…
The smallest of the small, newly discovered pigmy seahorses
Thanks to Rich for pointing this one out, National Geographic just posted a gallery of five new Indonesian pigmy seahorses. Three of the species were described by talented fish photographer Rudie Kuiter (original description). The pony above is Satoni’s seahorse…
