Heroic dad: A diver captured stunning footage of a vibrant sea dragon with eggs.
While diving at Flinders Pier on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Australia, diver Jules Casey captured a video of a male seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) gently cradling hundreds of eggs on its tail.
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According to experts, sea dragons can grow up to 45 centimeters in length. They carry their eggs on their tails using a special pouch that can hold between 250 and 300 eggs.
Sea dragons Phyllopteryx taeniolatus are found exclusively in Australia and belong to a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Syngnathidae.
Unlike their close relatives, sea horses, dragons are characterized by numerous spines on their heads and branched, ribbon-like appendages on their bodies, resembling aquatic plants among which this species resides.