LEAFY SEADRAGON
Phycodurus eques
SIZE
  45 cm as adults
RANGE
  Southern Australia
HABITAT
  Shallow grass flats
DIET
  Zooplankton
ON EXHIBIT
  Seahorse exhibit

Leaf-like appendages on the head and body help camouflage this animal. Although its color looks bright in the Aquarium exhibit, its greenish coloration appears dull in its natural habitat. This makes the seadragon resemble a plant. More closely related to pipefish than seahorses, seadragons lack prehensile tails, do not swim vertically, and are larger than seahorses.