Hippocampus colemani

Coleman's pygmy seahorse was apparently identified by someone named Kuiter in 2003, though the details of this and if it had a different name before that is unknown to this author. Their common English name was named after author and diver Neville Coleman. These creatures could not be cuter, with their tiny snouts and tiny size at around 1.1 inches (2.7 centimeters). They live mostly off of Lord Howe Island, though they can also be found in the Ryukyu Islands and Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. They attach themselves to eelgrass and tape-grass and live at depths of 16 feet (5 meters). Like sloths with moss, algae attaches to the Coleman pygmy seahorse's skin in part to assist with camouflage.https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179882-Hippocampus-colemanihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zostera&oldid=1050949646 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halophila&oldid=1077566784Bray, D.J. & Thompson, V.J. 2020, Hippocampus colemani in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 May 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4038 There hasn't been enough data on them for the ICUN to rate their threatened level, and they are only considered to live around Lord Howe's Islands on their website.https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47728602/47736420
== References ==
Category:Seahorses