Pygmy Seahorse - Fresh Catch Friday

Friday, February 13, 2009

Credit: Kai Walz

These tiny treasures are today's Fresh Catch. In all, five new species of pygmy seahorses were discovered in the Red Sea and Indonesia.



Credit: Stephen Wong and Takako Uno

These adorable seahorses are all under an inch tall, so you could imagine how difficult they were to find and photograph.

They are the first new seahorses to be discovered in five years. Don't look for them in a pet store or even an aquarium anytime soon.

Instead, you can enjoy pictures of them in their natural environment here.