But with pipefish, the males carry and protect the embryos,” said ... On the other hand, females focus on genes that support egg production, ensuring the successful creation of offspring.

Like seahorses and pipefish, male weedy seadragons brood their eggs and can carry between 250 and 300 at a time. Unlike seahorse males that carry the eggs within a pouch on the front of their ...

This characteristic is rare in the animal kingdom, where differences between sexes are often pronounced. Monomorphism can result from specific evolutionary pressures, such as the need to camouflage or ...

Endemic to the waters off south and east Australia, leafy sea dragons are closely related to seahorses and pipefish ... The males incubate the eggs and carry them to term, releasing miniature ...