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title: "Pygmy Seahorse"
description: "Hippocampus bargibanti — Ryby. Hippocampus bargibanti, also known as Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pygmy-seahorse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pygmy Seahorse

> Hippocampus bargibanti — Ryby. Hippocampus bargibanti, also known as Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area.

- Scientific name: *Hippocampus bargibanti*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1321
- Wikidata: [Q244011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244011)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102812)

## Names

- en: Pygmy Seahorse
- de: Zwerg-Seepferdchen
- es: Caballito de Mar Pigmeo de Bargibant
- fr: Hippocampe pygmée rose

## Countries with the most observations

ID (784), PH (298), TW (37), NC (32), JP (20), MY (16), TL (5), PG (4)

## Summary

Hippocampus bargibanti, also known as Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area.
This pygmy seahorse is tiny—usually less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in size—and lives exclusively on gorgonian sea-fans, as its coloration and physical features expertly mimic the coral for camouflage. The relationship between a pygmy seahorse and its host sea-fan is non-invasive and non-parasitic, serving only to shelter the diminutive seahorse. There are two known color variations, grey with red tubercles and yellow with orange tubercles.…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_bargibanti

## Photo

![Pygmy Seahorse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pygmy-seahorse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263050641

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pygmy-seahorse?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).