''The Boy on the Seahorse'' ( es, "El niño sobre el caballito de mar"), commonly known as ''El caballito'', is a sculpture by

Rafael Zamarripa Rafael Zamarripa Castañeda (born February 8, 1942) is a Mexican painter, sculptor, designer, dancer and choreographer. Zamarripa's paintings, sculptures, and choreography have been called distinct and recognizable. He is considered one of Mex ...

. Two versions are installed in

Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadala ...

, in the Mexican state of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

; one along the

Malecón A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word ', "thrown", signifying somet ...

in Centro and another at

Playa de los Muertos Playa de los Muertos (Beach of the Dead) is an archaeological site from the Mesoamerican chronology, Middle Formative period and is located on the Honduras north coast, in the Ulua River, Ulua valley,Joyce, Rosemary A. and John S. Henderson 2001 B ...

Zona Romántica Zona Romántica, also known as Emiliano Zapata or Old Town, is an LGBT-friendly colonia (neighborhood) south of Centro, Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Features The Malecón spans Centro and Zona Romántica. Beaches withi ...

. One of the existing sculptures along the Malecón, installed in 1976, replaced a smaller version which was erected at Playa de los Muertos in the late 1960s but later swept away by a storm. The work has been described as an icon of the city.

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* Animal sculptures in Mexico Centro, Puerto Vallarta Fish in art Outdoor sculptures in Puerto Vallarta Sculptures of children Statues in Jalisco Zona Romántica {{Mexico-sculpture-stub