No one has ever seen one of these fish alive. But they are most likely still swimming in a part of the sea we hardly ever visit.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many weird and wonderful seahorses and pipefish. But they’re under threat.
After a chance discovery in the lab, this team used IVF to make hundreds of coral babies for restoration projects in New South Wales. So far the IVF babies are doing well in the wild.
Recent flooding may have reduced the remaining coral population by 90%. Combined with damage from fishing, boating and coastal development, the species may be gone in a decade.
South Africa is home to four other seahorse species, but this was the first time a pygmy seahorse had been observed in South Africa, let alone Africa.
White’s seahorse in Sydney uses seahorse hotels as temporary residence while their natural habitats recover.
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