Common Sea Horse
Hippocampus kuda
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,501
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for populations formerly treated as the separate species Hippocampus fuscus, now a synonym of H. kuda.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hippocampus kuda”.