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Dive Destinations

Eastern Pacific

Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico

Ocean Ecosystems

Leonid Baur

Dive Destinations

Eastern Pacific

Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico

Ocean Ecosystems

Folder: Dive Destinations

Eastern Pacific

Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico

Ocean Ecosystems

Seahorses

A Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse in a beautiful Fan Coral where it blends in so well, it is really hard to find. They are tiny, maybe 1.5cm tall.

This variation of the Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse is commonly called a Santa Claus Pygmy due to its color combination.

This Seahorse is covered in long filaments making it look like it is wearing a veil.

A pregnant Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse in its host Sea Fan with fully open polyps. It makes it look like the Seahorse is in a bouquet of flowers.

Peekaboo - I am a Bargibanti Seahorse

Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse

This Common Seahorse is fairly large (~20 cm) and seen quite often in the Lembeh area.

Tiny (1.5 cm), thin and well camouflaged, this Pontoh Seahorse mimics dead leaves and was very difficult to locate and photograph. It was only discovered in 2003 by Hence Pontoh, an Indonesian dive guide in the Bunaken area of North Sulawesi. Its d

Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse

Two Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorses (yellow variation) looking at each other.

Close-up frontal photo of a Thorny Seahorse

Thorny Seahorse posing on a coral stick

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