Wild seahorse under a mangrove tree in Ecuador
📍 Ecuador Pacific Seahorse (Hippocampus ingens) The largest seahorse in the eastern Pacific, growing up to 30 cm — and one of the few species tough enough to thrive in the brackish, silty world beneath mangrove roots. Found year-round along Ecuador’s coast, but increasingly rare due to bycatch and habitat loss; listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map