Common Seahorse vs utile

Hippocampus kuda compared with Entandrophragma utile

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.