Leafy Seahorses [Solenostomus]

Description

Leafy seahorses look like underwater plants, with leaf-like appendages that help them blend into seagrass and reef rubble. Divers often spot them hovering in place, gently swaying with the current as they use their camouflage to ambush small prey.

Species

Ghost Pipefish

Solenostomus cyanopterus

Solenostomus paradoxus

Solenostomus paradoxus

Taxonomy