Seahorses

I am not very good at IDing seahorses. These were taken at Puerto Gallera, Philippines.

I think this one is H. barbouri

I am not sure about this one

I also saw both pink and yellow color morphs of pygmies (H. bargibanti) on a single dive. They are posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/drsteve

First one is: Thorny Seahorse, Hippocampus histrix

Second is Hippocampus kuda

Cheers,

Marli

Thanks Marli,

I thought the first one might have been a Histrix, but the guidebook said that they didn't have bands on their snout.

Here's one with the stripes from Lembeh; it's listed as a variation in Reef Fish ID (Allen, Steen et al). It better be a H. histrix, as it's being used as ID signage in a Bangkok Aquarium.

Nice shot, by the way.

Cheers,

Marli