Common Seahorse vs Cornflag

Hippocampus kuda compared with Gladiolus communis

Key Differences

Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while Cornflag is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Cornflag
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Iridaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Gladiolus
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Gladiolus communis

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Cornflag

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Cornflag
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	5 years	—
Average Length	17 cm	—
Average Weight	10 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Seahorse

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Philippines. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cornflag

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Peru).