Common Seahorse vs Mealy Pixie Cup

Hippocampus kuda compared with Cladonia chlorophaea

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while Mealy Pixie Cup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Mealy Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Lecanoromycetes (チャシブゴケ菌綱)
Order	Perciformes (ペルカ目)	Lecanorales (チャシブゴケ目)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Cladonia
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Cladonia chlorophaea

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Mealy Pixie Cup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Mealy Pixie Cup
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.

Mealy Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Common Seahorse

タツノオトシゴ（Hippocampus kuda）は熱帯および温帯の海域に分布する。オスが子を育てて出産するという独特な繁殖形態で知られる。