Scubadorable Blog » Seahorse http://www.scubadorable.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Dwarf Seahorse Fun Facts http://www.scubadorable.com/blog/dwarf-seahorse-fun-facts/ http://www.scubadorable.com/blog/dwarf-seahorse-fun-facts/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:24:33 +0000 Arthur http://www.scubadorable.com/blog/?p=188 There are almost 50 species of seahorse in the world. The Dwarf Seahorse is the smallest seahorse to live in American waters, usually measuring in at under an inch at adulthood. They can grow to two inches in captivity.

Male seahorses have brood pouches, which they use to carry eggs which have been deposited by a female.

A group of seahorses together is called a herd.

Guinness names the Dwarf Seahorse the slowest-moving species of fish. It travels at a top speed of just five feet per hour.

Despite their breeding success in captivity, and their relative popularity in aquaculture, little is known about the wild habits of Dwarf Seahorses.

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