Scientific Name
Pegasus lancifer
Common Name
Sculptured seamoth
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 5;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 5;
Vertebrae: 22. Body light to dark brown, olive or blue dorsally and laterally, light brown ventrally. Tail rings 14, anteriormost 7 mobile, remaining 7 fused; terminal tail rings with dorsal and ventral pairs of posteriorly directed spines; rostrum square in cross section; interpectoral plate absent. 4 pairs dorsolateral body plates; 5 pairs ventrolateral body plates; suborbital shelf convex, obscuring eye from ventral view; deep pits on dorsal surface of head and within interorbital depression absent. Orbit with small scales.