FB-4610 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Dactylopteriformes Pegasidae Pegasus Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861 Dragonfish Sculptured dragonfish Sculptured seamoth Sea moth 矛海蛾魚 矛海蛾鱼 Acanthopegasus lancifer (Kaup, 1861) Parapegasus lancifer (Kaup, 1861) Pegasus natans (non Linnaeus, 1766) 1991-08-23 2021-02-01 Palsson, W.A. and T.W. Pietsch0 Revision of the Acanthopterygian fish Family Pegasidae (Order Gasterosteiformes). Indo-Pac. Fish. (18):38 p. (Ref. 1418) Duméril, A.H.A.0 Histoire naturelle des poissons, ou ichtyologie générale. Tome 2. Ganoïdes, Dipnés, Lophobranches. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. 624 p. (Ref. 1688) Kaup, J.J.0 Catalogue of the lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the Brit. Mus., London. 76 p. (Ref. 1695) Kaup, J.J.0 Eine neue Art des Genus <i>Pegasus</i> Linn. Wigmanns Arch. Naturges. 27:116-117. 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(Ref. 117113) FB-GeneralDescr-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2021-02-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution A benthic species found inshore of the continental shelf in muddy, silty and sandy bottoms, usually with seagrass; intertidal to 50 m depth (Ref. 75154). Large numbers of individuals are known to congregate in the shallows of estuaries. The species is capable of burying itself in the sediment and change colors to match the background. 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-10-26 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 Body light to dark brown, olive or blue dorsally and laterally, light brown ventrally. Tail rings 14, anteriormost 7 mobile, remaining 7 fused; terminal tail rings with dorsal and ventral pairs of posteriorly directed spines; rostrum square in cross section; interpectoral plate absent. 4 pairs dorsolateral body plates; 5 pairs ventrolateral body plates; suborbital shelf convex, obscuring eye from ventral view; deep pits on dorsal surface of head and within interorbital depression absent. Orbit with small scales. 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) FB-Morphology-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-10-26 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 22 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) FB-Distribution-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2018-02-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to the temperate waters of southern Australia and Tasmania. 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) FB-Uses-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2021-02-01 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: of potential interest FB-LifeCycle-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2021-02-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4610&StockCode=4796 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Spawning occurs as male & female swim from vent to vent, about 1 meter off the bottom, while they release eggs & sperms. The pair separates and each swims away as the eggs begin a pelagic phase. 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) FB-TrophicStrategy-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Auda Kareen Ortañez 2008-11-04 00:00:00 2015-03-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public lancifer http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found on the continental shelf. Benthic species (Ref. 75154). Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen 2006 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) FB-Size-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2021-02-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 9.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 1418)) 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) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-23 00:00:00 2021-02-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4610 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 20 - 50 m (Ref. 75154) Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen 2006 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)