West Australian seahorse

however the West Australian seahorse is unique to WA and is found nowhere else in the world. The WA seahorse is distinguished from other seahorses by dark lines around its snout. More

Information on the West Australian seahorse is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly ... More

Information on the West Australian seahorse is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly. Authentication - This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. More

West Australian seahorses vary in colour but can be distinguished by the series of brown lines along the snout. Growing to about 22 centimetres in length, they are found in sheltered reefs, sponge gardens and seagrass beds along the Western Australian coast. More

Hippocampus elongatus, the West Australian Seahorse, is a rare import. Only roughly 250 members of this species are exported each year. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Jeffords / Divegallery.com. Diagram courtesy of Laurence Richardson of www.NaturalHistoryArtist.com. More

As juvenile West Australian seahorses have a well-developed yolk sac and after birth will eat ‘instar I’ artemia nauplii (juvenile artemia, less than 24 hours old), they are relatively easy to feed. Juvenile H. angustus possess a small tubular snout 0. More

Common names

Hippocampus subelongatus in Catalan (Català)
Tiger snout seahorse in English
West Australian seahorse in English

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