@WahFo Gorgeous photo! They're masters of camouflage... even once we know they're there! Great example at https://projectseahorse.org/how-many-bargibants-pygmy-seahorses-do-you-see/ - from the #seahorse experts at @projectseahorse

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How many Bargibant’s pygmy seahorses do you see? - Project Seahorse

In April we were showered with Bargibant’s pygmy seahorse observations! iSeahorse user nudisusie (aka Susannah Erbe) spotted nearly a dozen of these knobbly cuties clinging to a single seafan in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. But just how many Bargibant’s pygmy seahorses were captured in this snapshot? At first glance, it might look like there’s one camouflaged …

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Photos of seahorses, pipefish and seadragons - family Syngnathidae

#PygmySeahorse. I’m still working on my visual literacy of the reefs so I continue to rely on my dive guide to spot things for me. He’s been tutoring me, though, by indicating a set area on a sea fan and signaling how many seahorses are on it so I can try to find them as a scaffolded assignment and my eyes can practice and become more fluent underwater. #diving is the best activity in the whole world.