Dictionary of Ichthyology  

prehensile = capable of grasping, e.g. the tail of a seahorse, Hippocampus.

Hippocampus abdominalis, New Zealand, Porto Bello, Otago Peninsula, South Island, CMNFI 2000-0047, 87 mm from top of head to tail curl. Photograph by Brian W. Coad.

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