The short-headed seahorse, also known as the knobby seahorse and the short-snouted seahorse, They are normally around 3.9 inches long. have a slender body with a coronet. It lives in the coastal waters of South Western and Southeastern Australia. Their body color is drab grey to yellow with dark spots. They occur at a depth of about 5m. They love to stay near the sand. Carnivore species They mainly feed on copepods. The female one deposits eggs in the male one's brood pouch. They produce 50-100 young per brood.
| Common Name | Short-headed seahorse |
| Scientific Name | Hippocampus breviceps |
| Lifespan | - |
| Length | around 10cm |
| Mass | - |
| Diet | Carnivore |
Scientific classification about Short-headed seahorse.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Syngnathiformes |
| Family | Syngnathidae |
| Genus | Hippocampus |
| Species | H. breviceps |
Vocabulary.
1.Brood pouch - area where the female deposits eggs on male's body
2.Coronet - A horn like a small crown on it's head
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