Spiny Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

The Spiny Seahorse is native to seagrass in shallow coastal waters around the southern UK, Mediterranean and northern Africa. It is also called the Long-snouted Seahorse, a name also given to the Slender Seahorse, H. reidi, of the Americas. The Spiny Seahorse, called after the spiny fronds of skin on their heads and "mane", is a name also shared with the Thorny Seahorse, H. histrix, of the Indo-Pacific.

The spines give good camouflage among the seagrass. Prey is tiny crustaceans and tiny fish sucked up the tubular snout.