First records of the seamoth, Pegasus nanhaiensis (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), from the southern South China Sea, with notes on fresh coloration

Three seamoth specimens (45.5–56.9 mm standard length; SL) (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), originally identified as Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829, but now recognized as representing P. nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang et Lin, 2020, a species recently described from the northern South China Sea off Yangjiang...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Akaike, Sirikanya Chungthanawong, Hiroyuki Motomura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-01-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/78260/download/pdf/