The common seadragon or weedy seadragon is a marine fish related to the seahorses. Adult common seadragons are a reddish colour, with yellow and purple markings; they have small leaf-like appendages that resemble kelp fronds providing camouflage and a number of short spines for protection.
Conservation status: Near Threatened
Scientific name: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Family: Syngnathidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Syngnathiformes
Phylum: Chordata