As the newest (and unquestionably cutest) arrivals to the vast collection of marine life at San Fransisco’s Steinhart Aquarium, the baby Pygmy Seahorses Hippocampus bargibanti shown in this video are the progeny of a breeding pair that were collected in the Philippines in May of this year. Overseen by Steinhart Biologists Matt Wandell and Richard Ross, the babies have now moved on from their specially designed Kreisel system, and have settled on and adapted the colouration of their host Muricella genus Gorgonians. What a fantastic achievement! More detail at Advanced Aquarist More: Video: Close-Up Time For Captive Bred Pygmy Seahorses… More:
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