and tropical seahorses.
They are bad swimmers
and feed, in motion, on small
planktonic crustaceans.
In the same family, related
species, known as sea needles,
are sometimes available. They
are easy to keep in captivity with
the same diet, and are particularly
suited to aquariums for
invertebrates.
Hippocampus kuda
The yellow seahorse is, as its name
suggests, usually yellow, but its coloring
gets darker in poor environmental
conditions. It stays in a vertical position,
with its tail serving to cling on to the decor
(which must be free of Coelenterates). In
captivity, it feeds on brine shrimps or other
small, live prey. Reproduction may be
possible in captivity: the male incubates the
eggs in its ventral pocket. Size: 15 cm.
