Crowned seahorse
Amazing fact
The crowned seahorse moves its small pectoral fins to balance with its head pointing up.
福井県海浜自然センター
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The male has a brood pouch on his belly, where he guards the eggs the female lays until they hatch.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Crowned seahorse
- Scientific name
- Hippocampus coronatus
- Japanese name
- タツノオトシゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Hippocampus
Where the name “Crowned seahorse” comes from
The Japanese name tatsunootoshigo comes from its body shape being unlike that of typical fish.
瀬戸内海保全協会The male has a brood pouch on his belly, where he guards the eggs the female lays until they hatch.
How the Crowned seahorse lives
It lives in shallow rocky places where seaweed grows. It is a very weak swimmer. It often stays still with its tail wrapped around seaweed or similar supports.
福井県海浜自然センター瀬戸内海保全協会Basic data
- Range
- Izu Oshima, Pacific coast from Aomori to Shirahama in Wakayama, the Seto Inland Sea, and elsewhere
Where the Crowned 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
- タツノオトシゴ
- 简体中文
- 冠海马
- 繁體中文
- 冠海馬
- 한국어
- 왕관해마
- Español
- Caballito de Mar Coronado
- Português (Brasil)
- Cavalo-marinho-coroado
- Italiano
- Cavalluccio coronato
- العربية
- فرس البحر المكلل
- Русский
- Коронованный морской конёк
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 — タツノオトシゴChecked: 2026-11-03
- 福井県海浜自然センター — タツノオトシゴChecked: 2026-11-07
- 瀬戸内海保全協会 — タツノオトシゴChecked: 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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