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Image: Female White's Seahorse, depositing eggs in the male's pouch
Description
A pair of White's Seahorse at a depth of 8 m, 'The Pipeline', Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales. At 12.21 pm the two fish rose off the bottom and the female deposited her eggs in the male's pouch.
- Photographer:
- David and Leanne Atkinson
- Rights:
- © David and Leanne Atkinson
- Common name:
- White's Seahorse
- Scientific name:
- Hippocampus whitei
- Family:
- Syngnathidae
- Order:
- Gasterosteiformes
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