Yellow Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the Yellow Common Seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse, or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for this species under its synonym Hippocampus fuscus. The Hippocampus kuda can be found in waters from the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, and a number of Pacific islands, including Hawaii. It can also be found along the eastern coast of Africa, from Tanzania to South Africa, as well as the Indo-Pacific region, which spans the northwest Indian Ocean to the central areas of the Pacific Ocean. The coast of China and Australia are home to the majority of H. kuda populations.

The yellow seahorse is a little fish that can grow to be between 17 and 30 centimeters long. The body is quite huge, elongated, and spineless, with rounded bumps on every part. Compared to the body, the head is fairly huge. Short and thick describe the snout. The coronet is modest in size and rises toward the back; it occasionally sports longer or shorter filaments. The dorsal fin of certain adults has a black line slicing across it in the direction of its width. The body coloring is often dark with a gritty texture, but it can also have numerous tiny dark spots as well as yellow, cream, or reddish patches.