Hippocampus bargibanti

Scientific Name: Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970

Common Name(s): Bargibant’s seahorse; pygmy seahorse

Synonyms: None known

Description: One of the smallest seahorse species. Coronet is a rounded knob. Spines reduced to tubercules and scattered over the head, trunk and tail. Single cheek spine. Body thick and fleshy without visible trunk rings. Extremely short snout. Only known to occur on gorgonians of the genus Muricella. Two main colour morphs known: 1. Pale grey with red tubercules (found on Muricella plectana) and 2. Yellow with orange tubercules (found on the gorgonian Muricella paraplectana).