Now You Sea 'Em...

There is a seahorse in this picture. (Photo credit: Beth Deacy, LAIP intern)

Photo credit: Beth Deacy.

In the last few weeks, we've seen a number of seahorses in the fishpond. They're probably Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker 1852), the smooth seahorse, also sometimes called the yellow seahorse. These little guys are pretty common in Kaneohe Bay, but are usually so covered in sediment and filamentous algae that you don't notice them.