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

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-20T22:40:02+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-male-seahorse-pouch-proteins-toxic.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/male-seahorse-pouch-proteins-may-help-remove-toxic-waste-from-developi-e43329/

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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