Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A4.
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A5.
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - newborn hatchlings clinging to sea algae. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A6.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), several males with brood pouches expanded chasing gravid female. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), two males courting a female. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), female deciding which of the two males will carry her eggs. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), female conducting egg transfer to male. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C1.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C2.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C3.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C4.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female prepares for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C5.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C6.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C7.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C8.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male with eggs protruding from pouch after egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C9.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C10.
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C11.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
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