| Family: |
Pegasidae (Seamoths) |
| Max. size: |
5.78 cm SL (male/unsexed); 6.23 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 17 - 23 m |
| Distribution: |
Pacific Oceaan: China. |
| Diagnosis: |
This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: a rounded hump-like tubercle on each of dorsal plates I, II, and III; clear hexagonal patterns in surface dorsal plate with a clear boundary; two paired caudolateral plates overlapping the junctions between tail rings II and III, and IV and V; formation of a bulge at the margin of the ventral plate that connected to the paired pelvic fins, and four strong rounded tubercles in the concave margin of the occipital (Ref. 131072). |
| Biology: |
Collected by trawl from mud bottoms (Ref. 131072). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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