  This is Neon, a Seahorse Beanie Baby made by Ty Inc. and now also a Beanie Buddy. The The males take care of the eggs. The eggs are passed from the female to the male, who fertilizes them and then attaches them to his belly or places them in a special brood pouch. When the young hatch several weeks later, he expels them from his body. Seahorses move by rapid ripplings of the dorsal fin and use their tails to hold on to aquatic plants or other objects. Their hard scales serve as armor. There are about 50 species, which range from an inch or two to nearly a foot in length. They inhabit warm seas.
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Seahorse (Hippocampus) is a small marine
fish that,
like other members of the pipefish family (Syngnathidae)
is unique in appearance and behavior. The body is enclosed in
bony rings, the tiny mouth at the end of a tubular bony snout,
lacks pelvic fins, has a small anal fin and uses the dorsal fin
for locomotion.
