Common Seahorse vs Macadamia

Hippocampus kuda compared with Macadamia integrifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Macadamia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Proteaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Macadamia
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Macadamia integrifolia

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Macadamia

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Macadamia
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.

Macadamia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.