Pegasus volitans
date: label: Collection Date
content: 3 Dec 1914 to 4 Dec 1914
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Fred Baker
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Pacific Ocean, South China Sea
notes: label: Notes
content: Gill arches only in ETOH. Ledger states 21 original specimens but as of January 2010, only gill arches were found. Ledger also states 1 was exchanged to N. Muse, Canada McAllister in January 1963. As of October 2018, there are actually 25 specimens in jar (not sure why database stated 1 specimen).
label: Notes
content: 1 of 25 specimens recataloged as 451701.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 24
place: label: Place
content: Takao, Formosa (Kao-Hsiung Hsien), Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan, North Pacific Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Pegasus volitans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 058113
label: USNM Number
content: 76600
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Gasterosteiformes, Syngnathoidei, Pegasidae