Leafy Sea Dragon
I came upon these pictures of Leafy Sea Dragons which are basically your regular Sea Dragons but they actually have a leafy look to them!
A Leafy Sea Dragon (phycodurus eques) has long leaf-like protrusions all over its body, serving as camouflage among different types of floating seaweeds of kelp beds. Neither prey nor predators recognize it as a fish.
It’s found along the coastline of Australia. A fully grown leafy sea dragon can reach about 45 cm (18 inch). During mating, the female deposits up to 250 bright pink eggs onto a special “brood patch” on the underside of the tail of the male where they are attached and fertilized.
October 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
spectacular under water pictures. They are nothing like I would see in a museum. I think there should be more of this kind of thing to make people take notice, to give to their children the information they need to help with growing up, schoolling and their development.
April 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has a wonderful display of Leafy Sea Dragons. I saw them for the first time two years ago and for me it was almost a religious experience.