Hippocampus

A graceful sea-steed combining the front of a horse with the tail of a great fish. Head, forelegs, and torso are equine, clad in short hair with a mane of long flexible fronds; the front hooves splay into webbed fins for stroking. Past the ribs the body turns scaled and fish-like, tapering many feet to a broad horizontal fluke, with a fin on the rump. Its colors echo the sea: ivory, aqua, pale blue, and deep green. Hippocampi roam in herds led by a stallion, grazing seaweed and soft growth. Peaceful by nature, they flee rather than fight and out-swim nearly any pursuer. Water-folk prize them as mounts, and they have been known to bear drowning sailors to safety.