📣Call for entries 📣 Inviting dreamers, artists & makers of all ages around the world to submit art celebrating our #IconicFishes. We love all art forms, so go wild! 🎨 Theme: Ringing in 2026 with Iconic Fishes 🌊Submissions appreciated by 4th Jan 2026 🔗 Dive in: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/call...

🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat. 🔗 Explore the #art & story: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyOlivier #IconicFishes

🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat. 🔗 Explore the #art & story here: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyolivier #IconicFishes

🎨 Excited to share this beautiful collaboration inspired by #IconicFishes from the Philippines! 🇵🇭 Artist Kathleen created this stunning work, now being used by at the Philippine Seahorse Program to support seahorse conservation efforts. 🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/seah...

This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.

🎥 Watch The Making of "Ratapan Lautan" (Lament of the Ocean) by Pangrok Sulap & the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. This powerful artwork shows that #art & #conservation can interact beautifully, inspired by #IconicFishes 💙🌊 Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres...

How cool are these stickers inspired by #IconicFishes! We’re so grateful for artists like divermonart.com who help spark wonder & awe for these magical species! Feeling inspired? 🎨Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate 💪🌊Together, let's give these fishes the spotlight they deserve! 🌊💪

Showcasing "Ratapan Lautan" in our Inspired by Iconic Fishes movement - a striking woodcut by Pangrok Sulap and the Kampung Tajau Laut fishing community in Malaysia. Explore the artist statement and watch the 4-min making-of documentary 🎥👉 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres... #IconicFishes #Art

Help @projectseahorse.bsky.social and @iucnseahorse.bsky.social get the world passionately excited about our #iconicfishes. Create and make... and tell us about others who create and make.

🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃 With their eerie appearances, sneaky camouflage tricks, and names like Harlequin #GhostPipefish, these #IconicFishes are the perfect muse for your art this spooky season👻. Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/what... #InspiredbyIconicFishes #Art #Artists #OceanArt

🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate

Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art

Spotted more of our #IconicFishes today. Would love to see some handknitted clothing with #seahorses! Read all about our arts movement for conservation... and consider what you might contribute, as a crafter, artist, musician, dancer, baker or maker! www.iconicfishes.art.

Passing through the shop @beatymuseum.bsky.social and spotted one of our #IconicFishes on a tea cloth/dish towel. Hooray for the wondrous seadragons. @iconicfishes.bsky.social Visit www.iconicfishes.art

"Seahorses among coral" in batik by Deborah League Fine Art! The artist was certainly inspired by #IconicFishes. We love seeing creativity that celebrates our quirky fishes. Feeling inspired, too? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art 💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙

Sharing #trumpetfish art inspired by #IconicFishes. This super cute Pacific trumpetfish was illustrated by Yuri Katayama. Feeling inspired, too? 🎨 Visit www.iconicfishes.art 💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙 #OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt

🌊 “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan”, reveal! This work portrays the ocean as a wounded soul - beautiful, yet burdened by pollution, overfishing, and industrial-scale bottom trawling.” – Pangrok Sulap. 🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan #IconicFishes

Hey look at the playground art at the #BCFerries terminal at Swartz Bay, British Columbia. Inspired by #IconicFishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social Love that kids waiting for the ferry are encountering seahorses.

So many seahorses around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - a place dear to my heart after spending a year near there living on board #bottomtrawlers for my PhD research. Perhaps our #iconicfishes can inspire a transition toward more sustainable fishing methods in the Gulf of California.

#ICYMI: 🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Lego 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art

A glimpse of “Lament of the Ocean” inspired by #IconicFishes, created by #artists at Pangrok Sulap & a fishing community in Malaysia. 👀How many of our iconic fishes can you spot in this woodcut print? ✨Stay tuned for the full reveal. 🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art

Two weedy #seadragons spotted on a rock at Shelly Beach, Australia — a striking tribute to these magical fishes and close cousins of the seahorse. The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉. Feeling inspired? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art 📸 Claudine Van Massenhove / shutterstock

🌊 Iconic fishes spotted in hand-painted Indonesian #batik! Scroll to see which of our quirky fishes make an appearance 👀 The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉. Feeling inspired, too? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art 📸 Special thanks to our supporter for sharing this sighting.

Ever seen #seahorses, #pipefishes, #seadragons & their quirky cousins take centre stage in an arts movement? Now you have. 👉 Scroll through to discover what Inspired by Iconic Fishes is all about! 🔗Learn more www.iconicfishes.art

🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art

🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/intr...

✨Meet the showstopper of our #IconicFishes lineup, the #seadragon: enchanting and full of flair 🪩. 💡There are three species of seadragons, all from the same family as seahorses & pipefishes. 🎨Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

✨Meet the sixth star in our #IconicFishes lineup, the bellowsfish 🎶 💡There are six species of #bellowsfish, other members of the same family include snipefishes, shrimpfishes, & razorfishes. 🎨Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take center stage in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

✨Meet the fifth star in our #IconicFishes lineup, the cornetfish 🎺 Also known as Flutemouth.💡Did you know? There are four species of cornetfishes, found in most parts of the tropics. 🎨Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

✨Meet the fourth star in our #IconicFishes lineup, the trumpetfish 🎺 💡Did you know? There are three species of trumpetfish. These tropical beauties are found across much of the world’s oceans. 🎨Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage in an arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

✨ Meet the third star in our #IconicFishes lineup: the ghost pipefish 🎶 💡Did you know? There are 6 species of ghost pipefish, & they are found in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. 🎨 Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes 🎭

🌊 Say hello to the second star in our #IconicFishes lineup: the pipefish 🎶 💡 Did you know? There are over 225 species of pipefishes and they belong to the same family as the seahorse! 🎨 Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage 🎭🌟 in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

🌊 First up in our #IconicFishes lineup: the magical seahorse. 🎶 One could even say it leads the orchestra of ocean’s quirkiest performers: Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Trumpetfish, Cornetfish, Bellowsfish, & Seadragon, the elegant dancer. Stay tuned as they take centre stage in #InspiredByIconicFishes

Introducing our #IconicFishes! 📣These quirky little wonders of the ocean each have their own charm and story to tell. Stay tuned as they take centre stage in our upcoming arts movement, "Inspired by Iconic Fishes". 🎭🎨🖌️🎶🪩🎥 #InspiredByIconicFishes #SavingIconicFishes

🌊 A wave of arts inspired by #IconicFishes is on its way 👀 Stay tuned for more! Project Seahorse IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group