Common seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 15 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 13 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 4 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 13 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records