A very close up view of a tiny Pigmy Seahorse, Hippocampus Bargibanti, a female or male, found along the coast of Manado
A variation in color of the pigmy seahorse (hippocampus bargibanti). This critter was found in a gorgonian at 30m. Without artificial light the seafan and the seahorse looked yellow, once we lightened up it turned out to be quite orange. A beautiful variation from the most common white and red pigmy seahorse. This seahorse has got a skinny belly pocket which it means it could be a female or a male waiting to receive the embryos. I like the fact that the undisturbed coral kept the polyps out adding beauty the photo. In this seafan there were 5 small pigmy seahorses
Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: manado mainland, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia, West Pacific
Photo credit: © Underwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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