sea horses

Tiny curled fish

Sea horses are small marine fish with horse-shaped heads, upright posture, and prehensile tails.

They swim vertically and lack scales, with bony plates forming an external armor.

Unusually, males carry fertilized eggs in a brood pouch until birth.

The two-word spelling sea horse also appears, as does the solid form seahorse.

Related

fins · courtship dance · mating ritual · camouflage · prehensile tails · kelp forest · monogamy · tail · seagrass beds · male pregnancy · protective father · reef · ocean floor · tropical waters · gills · underwater · snout · ocean

Categories
Opposites
habitat

sea horseshorses

Large domesticated hoofed mammals

camels · mountain goats · lizards · tortoises · prairie dogs

NAMING CONVENTION (horse-like creatures)

sea horseshorses

Large domesticated hoofed mammals

equines · wild horses · stallions · mares · ponies

size and physical presence

sea horseswhales

Massive marine mammals

elephants · blue whales · giant squid · great white sharks · orcas

Family

seahorse, seahorses

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G