SEAHORSESASSIGNMENT BY LAYLA KURDI

HOPE YOU ENJOY AS I INTRODUCE YOU

TO THE AMAZING SEAHORSE.

What is a seahorse?

Seahorses might not look much like fish, but they are fish. Like all fish, seahorses have gills so that they can obtain oxygen from the water. Unlike other fish, seahorses swim up right. They also have bony plates covering their bodies rather than scales.

Where seahorses live?

•Worldwide

•Seahorses are mainly in warm , shallow, coastal seas. They live among seagrass , mangroves coral and kelp. In these places they are protected against strong currents and storms. Some seahorses live in estuaries, the sheltered places were rivers meet the sea.

•Australian About 25 species of seahorses re found in Australian waters. Some species are widespread and others are found only in certain areas. For example, the pygmy seahorse is found along the coasts of Queensland and Japan. And the southern potbelly seahorse lives along the Victorian and Tasmanian coasts.

Bones in the seahorses body

•These are the bones in the seahorses body (as shown down the bottom).

•If you can see the seahorse has 26 bones in

Its body. it is a very common thing on all

humans and animals to have eyes, nose and

Mouth.

Pregnancy•Did you know that the male has the baby. It is the only animal were the male is pregnant. I no it is a bit weird but it is true.

• At the beginning of the breeding season the male seahorse grows a pouch on his belly.

•The male and female entwine there tails before the female lays her eggs in the mails pouch.

•The male fertilizes the eggs and they attach to the wall of his pouch. Inside the embryos develop.

Seahorse facts

•Seahorse Names: The common name ‘seahorse ’ comes from the resemblance of this animals head and neck to that of a horses head and neck.

facts

•Did you know that• seahorses have no teeth•Seahorses can change colors •Seahorses have tails that can hold onto things

size

Maximum length from snout to tail:

Big-bellied seahorse-32cm

Denise’s pygmy seahorse- 1.6cm

Long-snouted seahorse-16cm

Pacific seahorse-35cm

Western Australian seahorse- 20cm

food

•Seahorses eat little types of food.Example:

andSea lice sea snail sand fly

Quiz•Which one of these sentences are true.•Seahorses and sea dragons are fish.•Sea horses have no teeth.•Male sea horses look after the eggs. •Seahorses have a tail that can hold onto things.

•Seahorses can change colors to match things around them.

All of them are true.

Thank you for listening to me about the remarkable sea creature