Hippocampus kuda

Hippocampus kuda
At Sea Life Hanover, Germany
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species:
H. kuda
Binomial name
Hippocampus kuda
Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
  • Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838
  • Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker, 1852
  • Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852
  • Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker, 1854
  • Hippocampus melanospilos Bleeker, 1854
  • Hippocampus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855
  • Hippocampus rhynchomacer Duméril, 1870
  • Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870
  • Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872
  • Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • Hippocampus taeniops Fowler, 1904
  • Hippocampus natalensis {von Bonde, 1923
  • Hippocampus horai Duncker, 1926
  • Hippocampus novaehebudorum Fowler, 1944
  • Hippocampus raji Whitley, 1955

Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for populations formerly treated as the separate species Hippocampus fuscus, now a synonym of H. kuda.

  1. ^ Aylesworth, L. (2014). "Hippocampus kuda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T10075A16664386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T10075A16664386.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.