Common Seahorse vs

Hippocampus kuda compared with Dyadobacter jiangsuensis

Key Differences

Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Cytophagales (Cytophagales)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Spirosomaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Dyadobacter
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Dyadobacter jiangsuensis

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Common Seahorse

El caballito de mar común (Hippocampus kuda) se encuentra en aguas tropicales y templadas. Los machos son quienes cargan y dan a luz a las crías.

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis es una bacteria gramnegativa pigmentada de naranja perteneciente a la familia Cytophagaceae, aislada por primera vez en muestras de suelo de la provincia de Jiangsu, China. Es aerobia, en forma de bastón y no móvil, con capacidad para degradar polisacáridos en su entorno edáfico. El género Dyadobacter forma parte del diverso filo Bacteroidetes, ampliamente distribuido en hábitats terrestres y de agua dulce.