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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/00bfe8cc-9a9b-40fa-9d2d-537b5a14a641 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Pegasus&speciesname=volitans ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Pegasus&speciesname=volitans http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Pegasus&speciesname=volitans ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Pegasus&speciesname=volitans https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Pegasus&speciesname=volitans ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Pegasus-volitans.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Pegasus-volitans.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Pegasus-volitans.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Pegasus Species in    Pegasidae - Classification - Pegasidae Dactylopteriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Pegasus volitans Linnaeus , 1758 Longtail seamouth Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Pegasus volitans   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Pegasus volitans Picture by Maddern, M. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Dactylopteriformes (Flying gurnards) > Pegasidae (Seamoths) Etymology: Pegasus: Taken form the winged horse of Perseus in the ancient Greek, mithology (Ref. 45335 ) ;   volitans: From the Latin word 'volitans' meaning to fly. . More on author: Linnaeus . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 73 m (Ref. 11441 ), usually 9 - 27 m (Ref. 1418 ). Tropical; 36°N - 37°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-West Pacific: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to Saudi Arabia (Persian Gulf) and throughout Gulf of Manaar to Bay of Bengal; along the east coast of Myanmar; north to Japan, south to tropical Australia (Ref. 1418 ) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 5; Vertebrae : 21. Body light brown or olive to dark brown-black dorsally and laterally, lighter ventrally. Tubercles absent on surface of carapace; no scales on orbit; distal margin of dorsal and anal fins perpendicular to horizontal axis of body. 4 pairs of dorsolateral body plates; 5 pairs of ventrolateral body plates; tail rings 12, anteriormost 9 mobile, last 3 fused; a lateral pair of posteriorly directed spines on terminal tail rings; suborbital shelf convex obscuring eye from ventral view; deep pits absent. Rostrum monomorphic and spatulate. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) A rare species (Ref. 4264 ) collected from muddy and sandy bottoms of estuaries and bays. Known to 'walk' over the bottom using its tentacular pelvic fins. Juveniles expatriate to tropical regions; adults mainly found in muddy estuaries where they pair. Sometimes they are seen partly buried but also feed during the day. Sometimes found floating on the surface (Ref. 48635 ). Sometimes occurs in seagrass areas (Ref 90102). Feeds on small benthic organisms (Ref. 68964 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Palsson, W.A. and T.W. Pietsch , 1989. Revision of the Acanthopterygian fish Family Pegasidae (Order Gasterosteiformes). Indo-Pac. Fish. (18):38 p. (Ref. 1418 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 12 July 2016 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: of no interest FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5781   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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