Sculptured seamoth

The Sculptured seamoth lives in the demersal, brackish, marine, depth range 20 - 60 m environment.

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The Sculptured Seamoth is a bottom-dwelling species that resembles a moth due to it's large horizontally directed pectoral fins and patchy colouring. More

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Common names

Dragonfish in English
Sculptured dragonfish in English
Sculptured seamoth in English
Sea moth in English
矛海蛾魚 in Mandarin Chinese
矛海蛾鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Gasterosteiformes
Family : Pegasidae
Genus : Pegasus
Species : Pegasus lancifer
Authority : Kaup, 1861