Pegasus volitans Longtail Seamoth, Long-tailed Dragonfish, Long-tailed Dragon-fish, Pelagic Dragon-fish, Sea Moth, Winged Dragonfish, Slender Seamoth

Pegasus volitansis commonly referred to as Longtail Seamoth, Long-tailed Dragonfish, Long-tailed Dragon-fish, Pelagic Dragon-fish, Sea Moth, Winged Dragonfish, Slender Seamoth. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1885 

AphiaID:

218163 

Scientific:

Pegasus volitans 

German:

Flügelross 

English:

Longtail Seamoth, Long-tailed Dragonfish, Long-tailed Dragon-fish, Pelagic Dragon-fish, Sea Moth, Winged Dragonfish, Slender Seamoth 

Category:

Sea Moths 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Pegasidae (Family) > Pegasus (Genus) > volitans (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Ambon, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Cambodia, China, Eastern Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Moluccas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 75 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

74.84 °F - 84.38 °F (23.8°C - 29.1°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pegasus lancifer
  Flügelross
• 
  Pegasus laternarius
  Ziegel-Flügelrossfisch
• 
  Pegasus volitans
  Flügelross

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-03-21 23:07:29 

Last edit:

2020-04-28 17:46:47 

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