Algo Seahorse #165 - Volume 6

Most species of seahorse settle down onto the bottom, anchored to a holdfast of an emergent plant, animal or seaweed. Some pygmy seahorses are found only in association with gorgonian corals or sea fans and will spend their entire life on a single sea fan. In contrast, at least four species have been encountered several kilometres offshore and have been recorded at depths greater than 100 m. The discovery of seahorses in the stomachs of open ocean predators – e.g. yellowfin tuna, trevally and dolphinfish – confirms that some might even occur far offshore.