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Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Longtail seamouth
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Sorsogon Bay, Bikol, CAS 45021. Manila Bay, CAS-SU 32925; UW 7376. Cavite, CAS-SU 9428. Batangas, CAS-SU 27700, 33671. Calatagan, CAS-SU 67671, USNM 270344, 270344, ZMUC P8480-P8482.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Palsson, W.A. and T.W. Pietsch, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Slender seamoth, Winged dragonfish, Longtail seamoth, ... more

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

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