Longtail seamoth

Slender winged horse fish ( Pegasus volitans)

The Slender winged horse fish ( Pegasus volitans ) is a small marine fish which is found widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific.

Features

The Slender winged horse fish is more than 18 inches long. The maximum length is likely to be achieved only in cooler regions, fish in tropical areas remain at lengths of more than 14 centimeters. He is olivaceous or pale to dark brown in color, the underside is lighter. The body is elongated on the back side without tubercles or deep pits and distinct from caudal peduncle. He is by four pairs of dorsolateral ( located on the sides of the back) and five pairs of ventrolateral ( located on the sides of the abdomen ) armored bone plates. The tail fins stem surrounded twelve bony rings, of which the first nine movement in opposite directions, while the last three are grown together. The last bone ring of the tail fin stalk bears a pair of proximally directed spines. The muzzle is extended remarkably long and spade-shaped at the end. The rim of the eye sockets is unbeschuppt. The eyes are obscured by the lower edge of the eye sockets at low angle. The only dorsal fin sits on the tail fins and handle, as well as the anal fin, five soft fin rays supported. The distal edge of the dorsal and anal fins is perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the body. The pectoral fins are fan-shaped. The swirl number is 21

Dissemination

The Slender winged horse fish comes close to the ground at depths of one to 73 meters (usually 9 to 27 meters) in the Indo-Pacific from the coast of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula across the Gulf of Mannar, the Bay of Bengal north to Japan, south to the coast of tropical Australia and New Guinea and in the Persian Gulf before.

Way of life

The fish live on sandy and muddy bottoms in bays and estuaries. You can "walk" with the help of her belly spines above the sea floor. Sometimes they bury themselves partially into the ground. Juveniles, which are widely drifted during their pelagic stage, are also found in subtropical regions. Slender wing Ross fish are rare.