---
title: "Common Seahorse"
description: "Hippocampus kuda — Peixes. Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-seahorse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Seahorse

> Hippocampus kuda — Peixes. Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse.

- Scientific name: *Hippocampus kuda*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2663
- Wikidata: [Q716470](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716470)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84970)

## Names

- en: Common Seahorse
- de: Gewöhnliches Seepferdchen
- es: Caballito de mar común

## Countries with the most observations

NC (830), ID (428), PH (168), KE (128), KH (118), US (83), TH (70), TZ (66), HK (51), VN (30), IN (27), MZ (26)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_kuda

## Photo

![Common Seahorse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-seahorse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269430913

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-seahorse?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).