SEAHORSE

HABITAT

• Usually found in shallow, tropical and cool waters;salt water(ocean).
• Abiotic factors a sea horse needs are...
• Water,the right temperature, light and good oxygen levels.

NICHE

• Most seahorses are considered predatory fish, and secondary consumers. They don't have much high risks of predators but do still need to be on the lookout.

POPULATIONS

• Seahorses do mainly live on their own but, if not they live in herds.
• Two limiting factors of seahorses are they don't have any teeth or a stomach so, food immediately passes though them. They have to keep eating almost constantly to stay alive.
• Another is, a lot of People(mainly in Africa) use seahorses in Medicine or even eat them.

ENERGY

• These seahorses are considered secondary consumers.
• Omnivore
• They mainly eat shrimp, zoo plankton, and small crustaceans.

BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

• Seahorse eats the shrimp
• Father seahorse carries the babies in their eggs until they hatch.
• Seahorses can hide in the brush and Coral.

ADAPTATIONS

• Camouflage helps them hide from predators and not be seen.
• Their eyes can also turn a whole 360 to see any predators coming

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• projectseahorse.org
• marinebio.org
• lined-sea-horse.weebly.com/ecological-niche.html
• wildrepublic.com/en/seahorse
• nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/sea-horse
• a-z-animals.com/animals/seahorse