A new seamoth species of Pegasus(Syngnathiformes:Pegasidae)from the East China Sea  

作　　者：Ying-Yi Zhang Rong-Rong Zhang Shao-Bo Ma Shuai-Shuai Liu Qiang Lin Xin Wang 

机构地区：[1]CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology,South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510301,China [2]Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou),Guangzhou,Guangdong 511458,China [3]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science/College of the Environment and Ecology,Xiamen University,Xiamen,Fujian 361102,China [4]University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [5]Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes,Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao),Qingdao,Shandong 266237,China

出　　处：《Zoological Research》2022年第4期675-678,共4页动物学研究（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou)(GML2019ZD0401,GML2019ZD0407);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2019A1515110199);National Natural Science Foundation of China(42006109,41825013);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS(ZDBS-LY-DQC004)。

摘　　要：DEAR EDITOR,The Pegasidae family,which includes seven species of seamoths,is widely distributed in the temperate and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific,ranging from South Africa to Hawaii.In this study,we describe a new species of seamoth,Pegasus sinensis sp.nov.,based on morphological and molecular characterization of 14 specimens collected from the surrounding waters of Xiamen City,Fujian Province,China.The new species differs from closely related P.volitans in both the density and color of spots present on the dorsal and lateral body surfaces.

关 键 词：XIAMEN ASI TEMPERATE 

分 类 号：Q959[生物学—动物学]