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But it's probably as a zoologist I am bothered by this. However, I design my own fantasy creatures as well for a world me and a friend of mine are working on. But I mean, I never simply mix two animals together that aren't even close to resemble each other. You know a griffin, right? I got those, but I've designed them without having the butt of a lion. Instead, they have four eagle-legs and a long feather-tail. I mean, a huge eagle with a lion-butt is kinda silly when you think about it. But to be fair, that's not nearly as silly like a hippogriff; an eagle with a horse-butt. But the worst thing is a pegasus to me - yeah, a flying horse... fat chance.
But like I said, this is just me. And trust me; I have among the wildest imaginations you could think of when I create my characters and creatures. But when it comes to literally mix two already existing animals together with practicly nothing in common at all with each other, I just think it's... awkward. But you're still a very good artist, though.
In this instance I was going with the creature from Greek mythology, which is supposed to be the steed of Poseidon(God of Horses, Earthquakes and -most famously- the Sea). The hippocamp/hippocampus is depicted as the front of a horse, with a long coiling body of a fish or serpent. Some times with wings, sometimes without. Soooo yeah, it's a lot like a hippogriff/Pegasus type. Which I'm going to guess is your worse nightmare here. XD
Do mythical creature work in reality? Hell no. Could a Pegasus fly? Of course not, if you wanted to pick them all apart look at a dragon! Wings would NEVER lift one into the air. You might as well attack every mythical creature ever thought up, as most of them are wild hybrids. How could a centaur eat/breathe enough to sustain both halves? Or a mermaid?
As I said in the description, it was not intended to be an anthropomorphic Seahorse(the real fish).
And I apologize deeply for my comment... I did read it now again, and feel a bit ashamed of it. I do not think like that nowadays. I have more of a suspension of disbelief. This is a really nice picture, and I like it.