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Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus waleananus

This recently named species, has been found only in the Togian Island, East Sulawesi - Indonesia.

Average size, including the long tail: 18 mm.

Camera: Canon Eos 500
Lens: 100 mm macro
Strobe: Inon Z22
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 ASA


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~aznboardergirl Aug 27, 2009
its so adorable! the surrounding coral makes it stand out really well :thumbsup:
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*LazyDugong Sep 2, 2009
The strobe light make the difference. With the natural light it's very hard to see this little guy! :)
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~aznboardergirl Sep 4, 2009
ooh interesting! sounds like a lot of equipment..?
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*LazyDugong Sep 8, 2009
Not really a lot, but everything made for underwater use, which means bigger, heavier and more expensive. It's better to have always some backup, because it's very easy to flood something and salt water makes a lot of damages very quickly.
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~Lunawhite7 Jun 23, 2009
Is that adorable? Or is it adorable?!

Beautiful shot!
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*LazyDugong Jun 26, 2009
Maybe 'she'? She's probably a female! :)
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~Lunawhite7 Jun 26, 2009
haha okay. Rephrase:

"Is she adorable? Or is she adorable!!"
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*LazyDugong Jun 26, 2009
I don't know where you're driving me...

SHE IS ADORABLE - STOP! :)
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~Amoxcalli May 27, 2009
Impressive! :O
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*LazyDugong May 28, 2009
Yes, this is my favorite Pygmy Seahorse. The average size of body and head is about 6 mm (0'0-8/32"). Consider also that underwater, with the natural light, you don't see its colors and it has the same color of the guest soft coral on which it lives. So it's very difficult to spot and it was found, for the first time, only few years ago, by chance as always happens with these small critters.
In the last seven months five new species of Pygmy Seahorse have been officially named (this was the last one). I wonder how many species are still waiting to be discovered! :)
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