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Is a sea horse a fish?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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9y ago

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No, it is actually classified as a fish.

These unusual and fascinating creatures offer many surprises. They are fish, though with their bony rings, horselike heads, and curly, gripping tails, they don't look anything like other fish. Most sea horses are quite small, around 1.5 inches (4 centimeters) in length, though the largest of them can be nearly 12 inches long (30 centimeters). Scientists believe that sea horses mate with a single partner, a behavior called monogamy that is rare in the animal world. And, even more unusual, it is the male sea horse that gets "pregnant," carrying and nurturing the fertilized eggs in a pouch in his body. The female deposits the eggs in the male's body, and he provides oxygen and nutrients until the young are ready to hatch.

The sea horse population has been threatened in recent years by destruction of its habitat and by overfishing. Hundreds of thousands of sea horses are caught and sold each year to large aquariums and to people who simply like to collect unusual animals. Many more are sold to several countries in the Far East, where sea horses are believed to have medicinal value....

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16y ago

No, a sea-horse is a fish.

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15y ago

No it's not.

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A Seahorse is a fish.

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Yes, sea horses are vertebrates.

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