Denise's pygmy seahorse

Denise dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus denise )

The dwarf seahorse Denise (Hippocampus denise ) is one of the smallest known seahorse. The fish were discovered in 2001 by the Australian underwater photographer Rudie Kuiter, but initially held for juveniles of the dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti ). 2003, they were recognized by studies of young dwarf seahorses and the observation of hippocampal denise males as a separate species, described and named after the underwater photographer Denise Nielsen Tackett.

Dissemination and lifestyle

Denise Dwarf seahorses live in the coral reefs of the Western Pacific from Indonesia to Vanuatu and Palau. Keep always well camouflaged in the gorgonian genera Annella, Echinogorgia and Muricella at depths of thirteen to ninety meters. The fish are livelier than the dwarf seahorses and swim in their sea fans around too freely.

Features

Denise dwarf seahorses are 1.35 inches long. Your monochrome yellow or orange body covered with wart-like tubercles, but these are much smaller than the dwarf seahorses. Thus, they are better in their main host coral Annella reticulata, which can fully retract their polyps into the branches protected. The dwarf seahorse Denise moved often in his Wirtsgorgonie and is much more active than the hippocampus bargibanti.