Seahorse: any of the species of small marine fish in the genus Hippocampus. ... They are also known to change colors during courtship displays and as a form of communication.

They had survived a 19-hour flight from Vietnam in a bag of oxygenated water, stashed in a cooler, before they landed at Los Angeles International Airport. The seahorses -- five males and three ...

When Short first saw these bones on a CT scan, he “did a double-take,” he says. Like other pygmy seahorses, it has a wing-like structure on its back, the function of which is unclear.

A lined seahorse can change its color, which makes it difficult to find in the wild. Photo by Will Parson/ Chesapeake Bay Program. In the Lower Chesapeake Bay, a small horse moves through the ...

It’s a lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus. In the Lower Chesapeake Bay, ... They range in color from pale yellow to black and are marked laterally with dusky spots and lines.

There are 40 known seahorse species, which vary in size and appearance. The tiniest is Denise’s pygmy seahorse , which is about the size of a nickel (0.8 inch, or 2 centimeters, long).