White's Seahorse - giving birth
A male White’s Seahorse giving birth. With each ‘contraction’ juveniles were ejected from the male’s pouch. The young seahorses are fully developed at birth. These fish were photographed at a depth of 10 m, at ‘The Pipeline’, Port Stephens, New South Wales, May 2006. Photo © D. & L. Atkinson.

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