It has long tubular jaws much like a snout. About 30 species are found in various warm and temperate seas. All keep near the shore, often developing in brackish water. Like the Pipefishes, the males take charge of the eggs, which are placed in an abdominal pouch and remain there until they hatch. Some of these creatures that the sea horse eats are to small to even see.
Sea horse are very small fish.
The smallest sea horse only gets to be about half inch tall. The biggest of the sea horses get to be about 14 inches tall. Even though they are small and look very fragile sea horses actually aren t as fragile as they look. This is because they have bony plate of armour to protect them form predators. There are 20 different species of sae horses all around the world.