Barbour's seahorse
Right from birth, the Barbour's seahorse is capable of sitting up straight by coiling its tail around a holdfast.
It coils its tail quickly and firmly around any holdfast that allows it to do so and it moves only when it wants to eat. Most of the time, it coils its tail and keeps a look out for movements in its surroundings.
The fry of the Kuda and Reidi seahorses move around in groups, either floating or swimming around for about 7 days after birth. Therefore, if they are not careful, they may breathe in air bubbles and take a horizontal posture when sleeping which will inhibit feeding and lead to death. This phenomenon is gradually becoming more severe.
However, as the Barbour's seahorse likes to keep its body clean while clinging onto a fixed holdfast, it has a relatively higher survival rate than species that do not coil their tails and go around sweeping unclean surfaces. To the delight of many people, the fry of the Barbour's seahorse clings onto its parent's spine when there are no other holdfasts and in some cases, a few seahorses will coil their tail around that of one another and move around in a group, attracting attention. Since 2010, HAECHUNMA has been developing and cultivating the Barbour's seahorse species and supplying it as an ornamental fish to domestic and overseas markets.