Pregnant pygmy seahorse. Pregnant male pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged against sea fan coral. Like all seahorses, pygmy seahorses

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Pregnant pygmy seahorse. Pregnant male pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged against sea fan coral. Like all seahorses, pygmy seahorses have an unusal form of reproduction. The male carries the fertilised eggs in a special pouch, protecting the young until they hatch and are released. Photographed in the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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