Shiho’s seahorse
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Male Shiho’s seahorses carry eggs in a pouch beneath the tail.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Shiho’s seahorse
- Scientific name
- Hippocampus sindonis
- Japanese name
- ハナタツ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
Where the name “Shiho’s seahorse” comes from
Hippocampus combines Greek words for “horse” and “curvature”. The name sindonis honors Mr. Sindo, who worked with fishes.
FishBaseA seahorse found in places such as Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, Wakayama and the Sea of Japan coast of Yamaguchi.
How the Shiho’s seahorse lives
It lives in varied habitats, from shallow, wave-swept algae reefs to soft seabeds.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay, Izu Oshima, Suruga Bay, Enshu Sea, Kushimoto in Wakayama, and the Sea of Japan coast of Yamaguchi
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ハナタツ
- 简体中文
- 花海马
- 繁體中文
- 花海馬
- 한국어
- 신도해마
- Português (Brasil)
- Cavalo-marinho-de-Shiho
- Italiano
- Cavalluccio di Shiho
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ハナタツChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Hippocampus sindonis, Shiho's seahorseChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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