Fish Species Database

• Code

  20

• Species Name

  Hippocampus Comes
• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Class

  Actinopterygii
• Order

  Syngnatifhormers
• Family

  0
• Subfamily

  0

• Genus

  Hippocampus
• ID Fishbase
• Picture

  
• Local Name
• Description

  The characteristics of the color of the sea horse of this species are yellow and black, while the tail is stripy like a tiger. It has a crown with five small spikes and quite low, on its cheeks there are double spikes and sometimes it can be found on the top of its eyes.

• Status

  Vulnerable (IUCN, 2002)
  Appendiks II (CITES)
  
• Habitat

  Live in a shallow tropical water (coastal area) and it is often found in a depth below 10 meters and less than 20 meters, sheltered among coral reefs and sargassum.

• Spread in the world
• Spread in Indonesia

  Sumatera, Tanakeke (Sulawesi Selatan)