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Pegasus nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang & Lin, 2020 |
| 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) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||