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Title: Seahorse giving birth. Australia.
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A male White's seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) giving birth. Female seahorses lay their eggs into the male's brood pouch, where they develop and are born as miniture, fully formed seahorses. Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Tasman Sea.
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- Australia
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Fishes
- macro
- Marine Life
- New South Wales
- Pacific Ocean
- Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae
- Sydney
- Tasman Sea
- temperate
- White's seahorse: Hippocampus whitei
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