Latin Name: Hippocampus kuda
Common Name: Yellow Seahorse
Max length: 30.0 cm
Environment: Marine, brackish, reef associated species that is non-migratory
Native Countries: (Northern Territory, Queensland); Fiji; French Polynesia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; New Caledonia; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Tonga; (Hawaiian Is.) and Vietnam
Habitat: Found in shallow inshore waters up to 40–50 m deep; marine algae areas of estuaries mangroves; seagrass beds; estuaries; and on steep mud slopes, open water and attached to drifting Sargassum
Colour: commonly black, but also occurs in pale yellow or cream with large dark spots