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Male seahorse pouch proteins may help remove toxic waste from developing embryos

First reported 2026-10-20 22:40 UTC · Updated 2026-10-20 22:40 UTC · 1 independent source

Male seahorses, fishes that belong to the Syngnathidae family, show a distinctive reproductive strategy in which males carry developing embryos in a brood pouch. Their most distinctive feature is the brood pouch on the ventral side of the male fish, into which the female fish transfers her eggs.

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  1. 2026-10-20 22:40 UTCPhys.org · phys.org ↗

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