Japanese seahorse
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The Japanese seahorse is the smallest member of its genus.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese seahorse
- Scientific name
- Hippocampus mohnikei
- Japanese name
- サンゴタツ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
Basic data
- Range
- South of Hakodate, Pacific coast of southern Japan, China, and Vietnam
Where the Japanese seahorse has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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
- サンゴタツ
- 简体中文
- 日本海马
- 繁體中文
- 日本海馬
- 한국어
- 산호해마
- Español
- Caballito de Mar Japónico
- Português (Brasil)
- Cavalo-marinho-japonês
- Italiano
- Cavalluccio giapponese
- العربية
- فرس البحر الياباني
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá ngựa Nhật Bản
- ไทย
- ม้าน้ำแคระ
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 — サンゴタツChecked: 2026-11-04
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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