Yellow Pygmy Sea Horses from Malapascua, The Philippines

This is the yellow version of the normal purple Hippocampus bargabanti.

This pair of Sea Horses were found on Gato Island in The Philippines. There are two large seafans at about 80ft on the site - on the left has the standard purple fan with the Purple Pygmy's - on the right is a big yellow fan with these guys. I suspect they can change color to match which fan they are on.

Once you move the curious urchins around the fans, you can spend most of the dive looking for the little guys - pausing only to move the urchins again (they are aggressive here and will wander back and feel over you with their spines - can be a very disturbing feeling)

Enjoy,

M

Very nice images, first time I see the yellow version of this little creature.

Witch club did you dive with?

Nice pics

I like the second one best

This is the yellow version of the normal purple Hippocampus bargabanti.

 

 

This pair of Sea Horses were found on Gato Island in The Philippines. There are two large seafans at about 80ft on the site - on the left has the standard purple fan with the Purple Pygmy's - on the right is a big yellow fan with these guys. I suspect they can change color to match which fan they are on.

 

Once you move the curious urchins around the fans' date=' you can spend most of the dive looking for the little guys - pausing only to move the urchins again (they are aggressive here and will wander back and feel over you with their spines - can be a very disturbing feeling)

 

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Enjoy,

 

 

Nice pix , Gladly, seeing more pix from the Philippines. Malapascua is truly a great diveplace and gato island is a haven for photographers

Hope the threshers are still there

Hi Marriard,

These are great shots, particularly the first. Which lens configuration were you using to get this close ?