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2 unusual facts about seahorse


Amanda Vincent

Vincent co-founded and directs Project Seahorse, an interdisciplinary and international organisation committed to conservation and sustainable use of the world's coastal marine ecosystems.

In 1996, Vincent co-founded and still directs Project Seahorse, an interdisciplinary international organisation committed to conservation and sustainable use of the world's coastal marine ecosystems.


Big Bell

Big-belly seahorse, one of the largest seahorse species in the world.

Changi Beach Park

Since May 2009, the National Biodiversity Centre, together with volunteers from National Parks Board and nature groups such as Wild Singapore and TeamSeaGrass, intiated a project to monitor identified populations of Seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) and Pipefish (Syngnathoides biaculeatus) in several locations including Changi Beach for conservation management purposes.

Edward Foote

After the battle of the Nile, Seahorse was attached to the blockade of Alexandria before transferring to Naples early in 1799.

Eric Gill works at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe

These were two seahorses, modelled as Morecambe shrimps, for the outside entrance, a round plaster relief on the ceiling of the circular staircase inside the hotel, a decorative wall map of the north west of England, and a large stone relief of Odysseus being welcomed from the sea by Nausicaa.

Hippocampus kuda

Greeks and Romans believed the seahorse was an attribute of the sea god Poseidon/Neptune, and the seahorse was considered a symbol of strength and power.

Hippocampus montebelloensis

The Montebello seahorse, Hippocampus montebelloensis, is known from Montebello Islands and Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia.

Marcos Christino Fioravanti

In 1803, when serving as the surgeon of the HMS Seahorse, he disembarked in Brazil at the town of the Desterro in (what today is known as Florianópolis), and from there went on to settle in Osório in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sea Life London Aquarium

It is involved in several breeding programs including the Cuban crocodile, seahorses, butterfly goodeids, and jellyfish, and works with many conservation organizations including Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Save Our Seas, Shark Trust, Rainforest Concern, Earth Sea Sky, and South Pacific Projects.


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