Lined seahorses also known as Norther Seahorses are typically considered poor swimmers, they rely on their coloring and texture to camouflage as their main line of defense.
- Diet:
- Feeding primarily on minute crustaceans and brine shrimp, they will often ambush their prey by sucking them into their toothless snouts.
- Habitat:
- Coral beds, seagrass, or mangroves ranging from Cape Cod to Uruguay.
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Lined seahorses face challenges in the wild primarily due to being traded for ornamental display, as aquarium fishes, and in traditional Chinese medicine. They are also commonly found as bycatch.