ﾊ ﾊ 　ﾊ 　　　　　　　　　　＿ ヽ＿ﾉ ヽ_ﾉヽ_ﾊ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　○ 　　　　　　　　　_ノ⌒'￣ 　　　￣ 'ー/ 　　　　　　　_ﾉ￣ 　　　　　　　　　　〵 　　　　　　　ｏ 　　　　　,-‐'´ 　　　　　　　　/ 　　　　　　｀ヽ 　　　／ 　　　　　　　　　( 　　(●) ｌ 　　　　　　　　　　　｡ 　　く ＿ 　　　　彡　( 　　　　　　　　────＿＿､ 　〳　￣──＿（ ＿＿＿ ゝ─────────＿＿) 　_／ 　　　　　　　（ ⌒|‾￣￣￣￣￣￣｀（ 　| 　　　　　＿＿;ー 　　　ヘ─-──￣￣ 　　＼ 　　〵 　　　　＿＿─ｲ´ 　　ノ.＿＿──-‾￣ 〵 　　　　　　〵 　　　　　　　　〵、 　　　　丿 　＿＿───￣‾￣〵 ,ｨ､ 　　‾￣ 　　　　　　　〵 　,'　ヽ ＼ | _＿＿＿─────ﾉ` / ヽ ヽ ヽ | 　　　　　　　　　| {　‐- ‐- ‐- | ＿＿ 　　　　　　　ｌ {　‐- ‐- ‐- | 　￣￣￣￣￣￣/￣ 　ヽ ノ ノ ノ | -＿＿ 　　　〳 ヽ ノ ／ | 　　　￣￣-──) ｀ｰ' 　/￣-─＿_ ／ 　　）─＿ ‾ ／ 　,／ 　￣─ ／ 　　　　/￣￣─-_ ／ 　丿──_＿／ 　ｲ'─＿＿／ 　　　＿＿＿＿ 　　/ 　/ 　　,.-‐' |　　|　　'‐-., ,ﾉ＿＿＿/ 　／ 　,────､ 　　＼ | 　　| 　　　/　　/ 　　　　　ヽ 　＼ |￣￣￣|　　　| 　/　　　　　　　　　　ヽ-￣〵 　| 　| 〵　〵 　　　,⌒､ 　.| 〵 　ヽ＿＿＼ ＼ ＼＿＿. | | 　　ﾉ 　　丿 ＼ 　　＼　　　｀ｰ､＿＿＿／ 　　_/‾￣─| 　　　＼￣￣ヽ＼_ 　　　　　　　　＿／'ヽ、 〳 　　　　　`＼　　　￣──────￣　／ 　　　＼ 　ヽ | | 　ﾉ 　／ 　　　　￣￣─────￣

The snout is a long tube: two parallel lines, ────＿＿､ on row 7 and ゝ─────────＿＿) on row 8, run out from the head and are closed at the tip by ､ and ), and above the tip three bubbles rise and grow as they go, ｡ on row 6, ｏ on row 4 and ○ on row 2. This original piece of AA shows a single seahorse seen side-on, facing the right of the picture. Its crown is three ﾊ on row 1 and a fourth ﾊ just below and to their right on row 2, linked by dips like ヽ＿ﾉ and ヽ_ﾉ; the round eye is (●) on row 6, the ( ( behind it is the edge of the gill cover, and 彡 on row 7 is a small pectoral fin. From the neck down to the start of the tail, a horizontal line crosses the body roughly every second row to mark the bony rings. Each line is built in steps from ＿ at the bottom of a row through ─ in the middle to ￣ at the top, with a short ‾ slipped in here and there, so ＿＿───￣‾￣ on row 16 climbs within a single row and that ring looks slightly tilted, while the space between rings is left empty. Where a ring meets the back, small knobs stick out: ⌒ on row 10 and ヘ on row 12. On the back, rows 17 to 24, sits a fan-shaped dorsal fin edged with ,ｨ､, { and ｀ｰ'; its rays, ヽ in the upper half, dashed ‐- in the middle and ノ in the lower half, all point toward the body outline |. Below it the body narrows along a front edge of stacked, slanting ／, and the tail runs down the left side, swings round along ￣￣─────￣ on row 40, and winds inward to end at ,⌒､ on row 34, right in the middle of the coil. In Japanese the seahorse is tatsu no otoshigo, roughly “the dragon's offspring,” for its dragon-like head, while the English name compares that same head to a horse's.