seahorses

Seahorses

By: Mya Lengyel

What ocean zone does seahorses live in and where in the world do

seahorses live?

• The ocean zone seahorses live in is Coral Reef.

• Seahorses are found in Australia,Europe,Africa, and North America.

What is the size,length, and weight of seahorses?

• The size of seahorses are 1-14 inches.• The length of seahorses are around 2-30

centimeters.• The weight of seahorses are about to 6oz-1lb.

6oz 1lb

What are predators and prey of seahorses?

• Predators of seahorses are humans and larger fish.

• Prey for seahorses are Plankton,fish larvae, and smaller fish.

How does seahorses move around in the ocean?

• Seahorses move around by using its dorsal fin by beating its fin 35 times a second and steers with it.

Facts

• Average life span for a seahorse is 1-5 years.• Seahorses don’t have teeth nor a stomach.• They don’t have scales they have skin.• They have up to 48 different species.

More Facts• Seahorse can camouflage them selves so they can trick there

predators.• Seahorses like to swim in pairs and when they do they like to

link there tails together.• When seahorses go to bed they curl there tails to seaweed

so they don’t float away.• A scientific name for seahorses is Hippocampus. The word is

Greek and stands for horse sea creature.

My Resources

• www.Nationalgeographic.com

• www.iseahorses.com

• www.seahorses.fisheries.ubc.ca