Fish Species Database

• Code

  23

• Species Name

  Hippocampus Kuda
• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Class

  Actinopterygii
• Order

  Syngnatifhormers
• Family

  0
• Subfamily

  0

• Genus

  Hippocampus
• ID Fishbase
• Picture

  
• Local Name

  Kuda Laut Kuda
• Description

  It has a round and low crown. The colour is not stable and it could change depending on its environment, stress, mood or perhaps other factors, but what is often found is brownish black or yellowish with dark spots all over its body.

• Status

  Vulnerable (IUCN, 2003)
  Appendiks II (CITES)
  
• Habitat

  Live in a shallow tropical water (coastal area) with a depth of 1 - 15 meters, sheltered among the algae, oral reefs, seaweed and mangrove.

• Spread in the world
• Spread in Indonesia

  Riau, Padang, Belitung, Bandar Lampung, Pangandaran, Tanjung Redep (Kalimantan), Perairan Sulawesi, Bali Barat, Pulau Komodo, Flores, Ambon, Manokwari.