Spotted seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
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A seahorse. It reaches 30 centimetres. Vulnerable.
- Scientific name
- Hippocampus kuda
- Family
- Syngnathidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Synonyms
- Hippocamphus kuda, Hippocampus aterrimus, Hippocampus chinensis, Hippocampus hilonis, Hippocampus horai, Hippocampus kuda multiannularis, Hippocampus melanospilos, Hippocampus moluccensis, Hippocampus novaehebudorum, Hippocampus polytaenia, Hippocampus raji, Hippocampus rhynchomacer, Hippocampus taeniops, Hippocampus taeniopterus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 30 cm
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Livebearer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Vulnerable (VU)
- CITES appendix
- Appendix II
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