Pegasus Nanhaiensis
📖 Overview
Pegasus Nanhaiensis (Pegasus nanhaiensis), first described by Zhang, Wang & Lin, 2020 is a small fish in the family Pegasidae (order Dactylopteriformes). Adults typically reach 5.80 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 17 to 23 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
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 .Cross section: other (see remarks).
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pegasus Nanhaiensis is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 17 - 23 m . Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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