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A seahorse is a fish. There are 54 species of these small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus.

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What are seahorses eaten by?

Seahorses are food for different crustaceans, as well as fish. Their biggest threat is humans, who use them to make medicine.


What a Does sea horse eat?

Wikipedia: Seahorses eat small shrimp, tiny fish, crustaceans and plankton.


Do fish eat seahorses?

alwaysMost of the fish in the ocean do not have specialized diets, and will eat any other fish or aquatic organism that is smaller than they are. So yes, fish will eat seahorses.


Are seahorses carnivores or herbivores?

A seahorse is a fish, and feeds on small floating crustaceans, or crustaceans crawling on the bottom. So is a carnivore.


What does a seahorses eat?

Small shrimps, also very small fish and plankton, anything small edible living things. Seahorses eat small crustaceans floating in the water or crawling on the bottom.


What do zebra seahorses eat?

Seahorses eat plankton and tiny crustaceans such as small shrimp.


How do Japanese Seahorse eat?

Seahorses feed on small crustaceans floating in the water or crawling on the bottom. With excellent camouflage and a lot of patience, seahorses ambush prey that float within striking range. Mysid shrimp and other small crustaceans are favorites, but some seahorses have been observed eating other kinds of invertebrates and even larval fish.


Who eats seahorses?

The main food for the seahorse is small fish, shrimp, plankton and other Crustaceans.


What does a sea hores eat?

Seahorses feed on small crustaceans floating in the water or crawling on the bottom. With excellent Camouflage and a lot of patience, seahorses ambush prey that float within striking range.Mysid shrimp and other small crustaceans are favorites, but some seahorses have been observed eating other kinds of invertebrates and even larval fish


Are seahorses carnivores or omnivores?

Seahorses are carnivores and they mainly feed on live food, such as shrimp, small fish and plankton. They eat crustaceans, mysid shrimp, larval fish, and other meat. They also create a clicking sound every time they finish eating a food, (this is also done when mating).


What do pygmy seahorses eat?

They eat little shrimp and small crustaceans


What specificaly do seahorse eat?

Seahorse eat crustations. Crustations are tiny creatures that look very much like the cray fish.