Common Seahorse vs Glittering-throated Emerald

Hippocampus kuda compared with Chionomesa fimbriata

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while Glittering-throated Emerald is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Glittering-throated Emerald
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Trochilidae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Chionomesa
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Chionomesa fimbriata

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Seahorse and Glittering-throated Emerald share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Glittering-throated Emerald

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Glittering-throated Emerald
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.

Glittering-throated Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.