All species - Project Seahorse (2024)

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Other common names: Pot-bellied seahorse

Range: Australia & New Zealand

Size: up to 35 cm (13.8 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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Range: West Africa

Size: up to 19 cm (7.5 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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Other common names: western Australian seahorse, western spiny seahorse

Range: Northern Australia

Size: up to 16 cm (6.3 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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All species - Project Seahorse (4)

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 15 cm (5.9 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (5)

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: Up to 2.4 – 2.7 cm (0.9 – 1.1 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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Other common names: knobby seahorse, short-headed seahorse, short-snouted seahorse

Range: Southern Australia

Size: up to 10 cm (3.9 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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All species - Project Seahorse (7)

Range: Western Indian Ocean

Size: up to 10 cm (3.9 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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Other common name: Cape seahorse

Range: Southern Africa

Size: up to 12 cm (4.7 in)

Red List status: Endangered

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Range: China

Size: up to 13.3 cm (5.2 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (9)

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 2.6 cm (1 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (10)

Range: Southeast Asia

Size: up to 18.7 cm (7.4 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (11)

Range: Northern & Eastern Australia

Size: up to 22 cm (8.7 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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Range: Red Sea

Size: up to 2.4 cm (0.9 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (12)

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 2.1 – 2.4 cm (0.8 – 0.9 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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Other common names: northern seahorse, spotted seahorse

Range: Western Atlantic

Size: up to 19 cm (7.5 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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Other common name: Hawaiian seahorse

Range: Pacific (Hawaii)

Size: up to 8 cm (3.1 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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Other common name: spiny seahorse

Range: Europe & Mediterranean

Size: up to 18 cm (7.1 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (15)

Range: Korea & Japan

Size: up to 11.4 cm (4.5 in)

Red List status: Not Evaluated

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All species - Project Seahorse (16)

Range: Mediterranean, W. Atlantic

Size: up to 15 cm (5.9 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (17)

Other common name: spiny seahorse

Range: W. Indian Ocean to Central Pacific

Size: up to 17 cm (6.7 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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Other common name: giant seahorse

Range: California to Peru (Pacific Ocean)

Size: up to 31 cm (12.2 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (19)

Other common name: Japanese pygmy seahorse

Range: Japan

Size: up to 1.6 cm (0.6 in)

Red List status: Not Evaluated

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All species - Project Seahorse (20)

Range: Red Sea to Pakistan

Size: up to 14 cm (5.5 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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Range: Australia

Size: up to 4.4 cm (1.7 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (21)

Other common name: Kellogg’s seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific to E. Africa to China & Australia

Size: up to 28 cm (11 in)

Red List status:Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (22)

Other common names: common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse, spotted seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific to E. Africa to China & Australia

Size: up to 17 cm (6.7 in)

Red List status:Vulnerable

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Range: S. Australia

Size: up to 5 cm (2 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (23)

Other common name:lemur-tail seahorse

Range: Japan & Korea to Thailand

Size: up to 8 cm (3.2 in)

Red List status:Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (24)

Range: South Africa

Size: up to 2.2 cm (0.9 in)

Red List status: Not Evaluated

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Range: Indo-Pacific to E. Africa to China & Australia

Size: up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in)

Red List status: Data deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (25)

Range: Brazil to Argentina

Size: up to 10.3 cm (4.1 in)

Red List status: Vulnerable

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Range: Australia

Size: up to 22 cm (8.7 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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All species - Project Seahorse (26)

Other common name: Pontoh’s pygmy seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 1.7 cm (0.7 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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Other common name: dwarf thorny seahorse

Range: New Caledonia

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (27)

Other common name: longsnout seahorse

Range: North Carolina (USA) to Brazil

Size: up to 17.5 cm (6.9 in)

Red List status: Near Threatened

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All species - Project Seahorse (28)

Other common name: Satomi’s pygmy seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 1.4 cm (0.6 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (29)

Other common names: Shiho’s seahorse, painted seahorse

Range: Japan

Size: up to 8 cm (3.2 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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All species - Project Seahorse (30)

Other common name: Queensland seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 17.2 cm (6.8 in)

Red List status:Vulnerable

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All species - Project Seahorse (31)

Range: W. Australia

Size: up to 20 cm (7.9 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (32)

Other common names: flat-faced seahorse, longnose seahorse, low-crowned seahorse

Range: Indo-Pacific

Size: up to 17 cm (6.7 in)

Red List status:Vulnerable

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Range: Seychelles

Size: up to 6.1 cm (2.4 in)

Red List status: Data Deficient

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All species - Project Seahorse (33)

Other common name: Walea pygmy seahorse

Range: Indonesia

Size: up to 1.8 cm (0.7 in)

Red List status: Not Evaluated

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All species - Project Seahorse (34)

Other common names: New Holland seahorse, Sydney seahorse

Range: Solomon Islands, E. Australia

Size: up to 13 cm (5.1 in)

Red List status: Endangered

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All species - Project Seahorse (35)

Range: Australia

Red List status: Data Deficient

Size: up to 9.4 cm (3.7 in)

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All species - Project Seahorse (36)

Range: Gulf of Mexico

Size: up to 2.5 cm (1 in)

Red List status: Least Concern

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FAQs

What are the 47 species of seahorses? ›

All species
  • abdominalis (Bigbelly seahorse) ...
  • algiricus (West African seahorse) ...
  • angustus (Narrow-bellied seahorse) ...
  • barbouri (Barbour's seahorse) ...
  • bargibanti (Bargibant's pygmy seahorse) ...
  • breviceps (Short-head seahorse) ...
  • camelopardalis (Giraffe seahorse) ...
  • capensis (Knysna seahorse)

How many seahorse species are there? ›

There are 46 recognised species of seahorses. Given their superior camouflage and the subtle differences between some species, taxonomists have long struggled on delineating and identifying them based on appearance alone.

Are seahorses going to be extinct? ›

The 300 or so species often have limited ranges in coastal regions and freshwater lakes and rivers around the world, and many require specialized habitats, making them susceptible to disturbance. As a result, researchers found, at least 6% of these species and up to 38% are threatened and at some risk of extinction.

What is the rarest type of seahorse? ›

The rarest.

The Knysna seahorse is the worlds most elusive and endangered seahorse. This species is only found across three fragmented, local estuaries on the south coast of South Africa. Threatened with extinction and is now totally protected by law.

Is a sea horse a sea dragon? ›

Seadragons are in the same family as seahorses (Syngnathidae) but they are different in a number of ways. Seahorses are quite common and are found in tropical and subtropical waters all around the world, while seadragons are exclusively found near Australia.

What are purple seahorses called? ›

bargibanti. Here is the pygmy bargibanti seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti, also named seahorse pygmy gorgonians). It most often has small bumps of pink-purple or yellow-orange color. A purple bargibanti hippocampus poses on its gorgonian branch. ( Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2016)

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