Alex Mustard / Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female wrapping her prehensile tail around piece of wood on the seabed. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a male short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) in sea oak seaweed (Halidrys siliquosa). Devon, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. English Channel. North East Atlantic Ocean.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) anchored on Red sea fan (Alcyonacea sp). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) portrait. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) on sea floor. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Alex Mustard / Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda). The dark patch beneath his snout is his brood pouch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Sue Daly / Short snouted seahorse juvenile (Hippocampus hippocampus) Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Pascal Kobeh / Black short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) on sea floor, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Female short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) backlit. Capo Coda Cavallo, Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. Mediterranean Sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) grasping seaweed with tail, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean.