Scientific Name	Pegasus volitans   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Depth	1 - 73M
Chinese	飛海蛾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海蛾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F293　Pegasidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	飛海蛾魚
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海蛾魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	India
Synonyms	Cataphractus anceps, La spatule, Leptopegasus natans, Parapegasus natans, Parapegasus volitans, Pégase spatule, Pegasis volitans, Pegasus natans, Pegasus pristis, Pegasus spatula, Pegasus volans
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2004)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055521. ASIZP0061723. ASIZP0064129. ASIZP0074264. ASIZP0807646. ASIZP0917646. FRIP00798. NMMBP01072. NMMBP05342. NMMSTP00737. NTMP0038. NTUM06148. NTUM06149. NTUM06999. SIO70-274g. ZMH21010.
Common Name	Winged dragonfish; Longtail seamoth
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) A2d 1996-08-01
Characteristic	Body depressed, completely encased in fused dermal plates: 4 pairs of dorsolateral body plates; 5 pairs of ventrolateral body plates; tail rings 12, anteriormost 9 mobile, last 3 fused; a lateral pair of posteriorly directed spines on terminal tail rings. Tubercles absent on surface of carapace; no scales on orbit; suborbital shelf convex obscuring eye from ventral view; deep pits absent. Spinous dorsal fin absent; soft dorsal and anal fins each with 5 rays, placed posteriorly on body; pectoral fins large, wing-like, inserted horizontally, composed of 9 to 12 unbranched soft rays; pectoral-fin rays interconnected by broad, transparent membranes; pelvic fin spine and 1st ray forming an elongate, tentacular structure. Body light brown or olive to dark brown-black dorsally and laterally, lighter ventrally.
habitats	A rare species, collected from muddy and sandy bottoms of estuaries and bays. Known to 'walk' over the bottom using its tentacular pelvic fins. Juveniles expatriate to tropical regions; adults mainly found in muddy estuaries where they pair. Sometimes the
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to Saudi Arabia (Persian Gulf) and throughout Gulf of Manaar to Bay of Bengal; along the east coast of Myanmar; north to Japan, south to tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea. It is foun
Utility	No commercial value.