SEAHORSE

Hippocampus is a genus of fish in the Syngnathidae family which currently includes 54 species of saltwater fish commonly known as seahorses or hippocampus, due to their head which resembles that of a small horse. The female lays her eggs in a special incubator pouch in the male's belly, located near the anal opening. Upon hatching, the male expels the fry with abdominal contractions similar to female birth, a rather unusual event in nature, called male pregnancy. The young are born in numbers of approximately 1800.