Weedy sea dragons have very long, thin snouts; slender trunks covered in bony rings; and thin tails which, unlike their seahorse cousins, cannot be used for gripping. They have small, transparent ...

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 ...

The weedy seadragon, which grows up to 45cm in length, is related to the seahorse, although it differs slightly in that the male seadragon does not have a pouch in which to carry its eggs.