Hippocampus ingens

The Pacific seahorse or Giant seahorse was identified by Girard in 1858. Though who that is, I don't know yet. The Pacific seahorse lives in southern Middle America, northwestern South Americahttps://reeflifesurvey.com/species/hippocampus-ingens, and the Galapagos Islands. However one source says their population extends north to Mexico and Californiahttps://projectseahorse.org/gentle-underwater-giant-of-galapagos-the-pacific-seahorse/. It is the only Hippocampus species found in the eastern Pacific. Unlike other seahorses their newborn young might swim out to live in the open ocean, as they have a longer dorsal fin than other seahorses and have not been found anchoring themselves to eelgrass, coral, or other objects that older individuals do. They diverged from the Slender seahorse after the Isthmus Of Panama rose out of the sea between 5-4 million years ago. They are the second longest species of seahorse reaching to a 1 foot (31 cm) long. The big belly seahorse reaches just a bit longer at 1 foot and 1 inch long (34 cm)https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102824-Hippocampus-ingens. They are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCNhttps://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10072/54905720. They are at risk from bottom trawlinghttps://projectseahorse.org/a-seahorse-as-prey-featured-iseahorse-observation/.
== Sea also ==
* Seahorses
== References ==
Category:Seahorses