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"Flying seahorses can be caught with Carpe Retractum and used as an ingredient in certain potions."
Folio Bruti[src]

Flying Seahorses were a magical variant of seahorses, known for their ability to fly when provoked.[1]

Description[]

They were used as ingredients in certain potions, such as the Girding Potion and the dragon dung fertiliser.[1][2] They were native to aquatic environments, such as the Black Lake in Scotland.[1]

History[]

A popular sport at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s was a game called "Flying Seahorse Fishing", in which one would use the seize and pull charm on the flying seahorses to pull them out of the water.[1][3] This was more than just recreational, however; as they were a necessary ingredient in the Girding Potion, and Professor Severus Snape requested that each member of his classes bring in three Flying Seahorses for the brewing of the potion. Consequently, Flying Seahorse Fishing was essential for students to obtain the ingredient.[1]

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Scotland
Wizarding locations
North Ford Bog · East North Ford Bog · Pitt-upon-Ford · San Bakar's Tower · Hogsmeade Valley · East Hogsmeade Valley · Hogsmeade · High Street (Hogsmeade) · Overlook Mine · Horklump Hollow · Upper Hogsfield · Falbarton Castle · Forbidden Forest · Spinners Cavern · Jackdaw's Tomb · North Hogwarts Region · Korrow Ruins · Collector's Cave · South Hogwarts Region · Hogwarts Castle · Lower Hogsfield · Aranshire · Hogwarts Valley · Brocburrow · Dale Family Tomb · Central Hogwarts Valley · East Hogwarts Valley · Keenbridge · Gilded Perch · Mine's Eye · Feldcroft Region · Feldcroft · Feldcroft Catacomb · Isle of Drear · Rookwood Castle · Irondale · Moonstone Garden · South Sea Bog · Coastal Cavern · Tomb of Treachery · Poidsear Coast · Poidsear Castle · Phoenix Mountain Cave · Marunweem Lake · Marunweem · Marunweem Ruins · Netherwyck · Tower Tunnel · Coastal Mine · Manor Cape · West Manor Cape · Bainburgh · Bainburgh Manor · Henrietta's Hideaway · Cragcroftshire · Cragcroft · Clagmar Coast · Clagmar Castle · Cairn Dungeons
Non-magical locations
Aberdeen · Arbroath · Argyllshire · Aviemore · Aviemore train station · Bamport · Banchory · Dufftown · Dundee · Edinburgh (capital city) · Glasgow · River Clyde · Hebrides · Isle of Skye · Paisley · Portree · Inverness · Loch Lomond · Loch Ness · Lowercroft · Wildbrook Crescent · Montrose · Peebles · Vale of McGowan · Wigtown
Magical and mundane creatures
Blood-Sucking Bugbear · Flying Seahorse · Hebridean Black · Hinkypunk · Loch Ness Monster · Quintaped · Scottish stag · Selkie · Weetimorousbeastie
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