a local species. it's listed as endangered by the international union for the conservation of many the r.u.c. am. this animal is only found in three s. juries in south africa. it's a limited range makes the sea horse particularly vulnerable to have a total loss due to human activity through pollution for example. now marine scientists at the nih is now facing project conducting a new study to learn more about this unique animal. so today the last research done on this species in the past was in two thousand and one two thousand and three and since then no research so this study is the first to really investigate the quality of the species the habitat use and all these aspects will be used in on the ground conservation of this endangered species. the beauty