Common Seahorse vs mango-pine

Hippocampus kuda compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Barringtonia
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	mango-pine
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.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

Common Seahorse

The common seahorse is found in tropical and temperate waters. Males carry and deliver the babies.