The Seahorse
- The scientific class of the Seahorse is Actinopterygii
- The scientific genus and species of my Seahorse is Hippocampus erectus
Where they live
- The Hippocampus erectus is found in the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia down to Uraguay
- They are also found in Antarctica and some parts of Asia (map)
- They camoflage themselves by blending in with the life around them
Description
- They are 3"-4" long and weigh 5-60 ounces
- Their body covering is a thin skin stretched over a series of bony plates
- A general descripion of it is a spiky sea creature that swims upright, looks like a horse, and usally in camoflage
- It is ectothermic(cold blooded)
Fun Facts
- The name of young of the seahorse is fry or seapony and a group of it is a herd
- Two related species are Pipefish and Trumpetfish
- It is a carnivore and it eats brine, shrimp, tiny fish, and plankton
Food
- It captures food by camoflaging themselves then pop out and use long snouts to capture it
- Humans and other fish are predators that eat it
- They camoflage themselves to hide from predators
- They prey on brine, shrimp, tiny fish, and plankton
Symbiotic relationship
- The symbiotic relationship for it is commensalism
- A seahorse wraps itself in grass to camoflage itself
- The grass helps the Seahorse hide, but the Seahorse does nothing for the grass
Communication
- Seahorses communicate by making clicking sounds to attract a mate
Endangered?
- Seahorses are in fact endangered
- They are endangered because humans use them for medicines and souvenirs
My Sources are:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animalsfish/sea-horse.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/seahorse
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Comments (3)
wikiuser0022 said
at 5:16 pm on Dec 1, 2008
Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wikiuser0032 said
at 4:19 pm on Dec 2, 2008
Great job sofar!! It is very colorful!!
~Maggie
wikiuser0046 said
at 9:35 pm on Dec 3, 2008
love the pictures and the color!!!
-emma
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