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Pegasus volitans
As recorded: Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia › Chordata › Gasterosteiformes › Pegasidae
- Collected by
- Fisheries Resources Bureau
- Date
- March 1, 1977
- Locality
- Bahrain; [N of]; inshore
- Island
- Bahrain
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pegasus volitans observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1977. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 117 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-15.
2026-09-15
Inhambane, Mozambique
(c) MAR, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-16
Port Hedland WA 6721, Australia
(c) Melissa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-19
Central, SG
(c) Jiayuan Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-23
Cyrene Reefs, Singapore
(c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-23
Cyrene Reefs, Singapore
(c) Tay Jing Xuan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-23
West, SG
(c) Jiayuan Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pegasus volitans. BPBM 21114. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37955894. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/21114.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37955894 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026