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Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, 2016
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Dactylopteriformes (Flying gurnards) > Pegasidae (Seamoths)
Etymology: Pegasus: Named after the winged horse sprung from the blood of Medusa (Ref. 1418).
Etymology: Pegasus: Named after the winged horse sprung from the blood of Medusa (Ref. 1418).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 10 - 45 m (Ref. 117113). Tropical
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Western Pacific: Australia.
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 12 tail rings with the anteriormost 9 mobile, articulating laterally, and remaining 3 are fused together, attenuated and dorsoventrally flattened; terminodorsal-lateral (tdl) and terminoventral-lateral (tvl) plates each with an anteriorly and posteriorly directed spine; no terminal-lateral plates (tl); with interpectoral plate (ip); with a single ventral preopercular notch; spatulate rostrum; carapace with 3 small posteriorly directed tubercles along each of the dorsal ridge, one at the centre of each dorsal plate; no scales on orbit; pectoral-fin soft rays 9-10 (usually 10), the 5th ray stouter than other rays; 7 abdominal centra, 14 caudal centra, 21 total centra; 4 dark saddles on tail and without dark saddle on tail ring XI (Ref. 117113).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: flattened.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: flattened.
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Osterhage, D., J.J. Pogonoski, S.A. Appleyard and W.T. White, 2016. Integrated taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in northern Australian fishes: A new species of seamoth (Genus Pegasus). PLoS ONE 11(3):e0149415. (Ref. 117113)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 September 2016
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Not Evaluated
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