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	<dwc:Genus>Pegasus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1816</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Brick seamoth</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sea moth</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Belalang karang</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Kupu-kupu laut</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Unduk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='vi'>Cá Rồng ngắn</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>海蛾魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>海蛾鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>短海蛾魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>短海蛾鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Parapegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Parapegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Pegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Pegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=294&amp;speccode=4608'>Günther, A.0 Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume Eight. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 549 p. (Ref. 294)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=712&amp;speccode=4608'>Fowler, H.W.0 The fishes of Oceania. Mem. B.P. Bishop Mus. (10):1-540. (Ref. 712)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1418&amp;speccode=4608'>Palsson, W.A. and T.W. Pietsch0 Revision of the Acanthopterygian fish Family Pegasidae (Order Gasterosteiformes). Indo-Pac. Fish. (18):38 p. (Ref. 1418)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1687&amp;speccode=4608'>Cuvier, G.L.0 Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1. v. 2. 532 p. (Ref. 1687)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1689&amp;speccode=4608'>Fowler, H.W.0 A synopsis of the fishes of China. Part 5. Hong Kong Nat. 6:132-147. (Ref. 1689)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1694&amp;speccode=4608'>Kamohara, T.0 Some unrecorded and two new fishes from Prov. Tosa, Japan. Bull. Biogeo. Soc. Jap.13:125-137. (Ref. 1694)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1830&amp;speccode=4608'>Eschmeyer, W.N.0 Catalog of the genera of recent fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. 697 p. (Ref. 1830)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=4608'>Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11858&amp;speccode=4608'>Hudson, E. and G. Mace (eds.)0 Marine fish and the IUCN red list of threatened animals. Report of the workshop held in collaboration with WWF and IUCN at the Zoological Society of London, April 29-May 1 1996. World Wildlife Fund, Zoological Society of London, The World Conservation Union, 26 p. (Ref. 11858)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12255&amp;speccode=4608'>Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.)0 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p. (Ref. 12255)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31402&amp;speccode=4608'>Swedish Museum of Natural History0 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Ref. 31402)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=4608'>Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='2-8317-0564-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36508&amp;speccode=4608'>Hilton-Taylor, C.0 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xviii + 61 p. (with 1 CD-ROM). (Ref. 36508)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36648&amp;speccode=4608'>Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.)0 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=4608'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=46970&amp;speccode=4608'>Van Quan, N.0 List of 400 marine Vietnamese names from museum records of Haiphong Institute of Oceanography. Personal Communication, May 2003. (word file). (Ref. 46970)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47843&amp;speccode=4608'>Huang, Z.0 Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404-463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p. (Ref. 47843)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48635&amp;speccode=4608'>Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka0 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 1-302. (Ref. 48635)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=4608'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='978-983-9114-46-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=85449&amp;speccode=4608'>Department of Fisheries Malaysia0 Valid local name of Malaysian marine fishes. Department of Fisheries Malaysia. Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry. 180 p. (Ref. 85449)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=89611&amp;speccode=4608'>Adrim, M., I.-S. Chen, Z.-P. Chen, K.K.P. Lim, F.H. Tan, Y. Yusof and Z. Jaafar0 Marine fishes recorded from the Anambas and Natuna Islands, South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 11:117-130. (Ref. 89611)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115257&amp;speccode=4608'>FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Adults lives on muddy bottoms, often collected at depths of about 50 m; larvae are planktonic.  Rarely seen diving, except a few localities in Japan where they occur in sheltered muddy habitats (Ref. 48635).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1418&amp;speccode=4608'>Palsson, W.A. and T.W. Pietsch 1989 Revision of the Acanthopterygian fish Family Pegasidae (Order Gasterosteiformes). Indo-Pac. Fish. (18):38 p. (Ref. 1418)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>It has a variety of colors and can be dull to bright yellow or blue (Ref. 48635).  Preserved body dark brown dorsally and laterally; lighter ventrally.  Species with 4 pairs of dorsolateral body plates; 5 pairs ventrolateral body plates; deep pits on dorsal surface of head and within interorbital depression absent; 11 or more tail rings with 9th and 10th fused; suborbital shelf convex, obscuring eye from ventral view; last tail ring without spine on dorsal surface.  5th rays of pectorals stout, much thicker than other rays.  No scales on orbit.  Distal margin of dorsal and anal fins oblique to horizontal axis of body.  Readily identified by its rather short rostrum when juvenile or female; it is more developed in males (Ref. 48635).</dc:description>
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