WoRMS taxon details
Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 218161
AphiaID: 218161
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Pegasidae (Family) > Eurypegasus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Eurypegasus Bleeker, 1863 | |||||||||||
| Parent | Eurypegasus Bleeker, 1863 | |||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cataphractus draco Gronow, 1854 Europegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Pegassus draco Shaw, 1804 (misspelling) Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804 Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766 Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846 Pegasus pauciradiatus Ogilby, 1886 Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Surypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) Zalises draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) Zalises umitengu Jordan & Snyder, 1901 | |||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits lagoons often among algal or seagrass beds (Ref. 5503). Found on sand or silt bottoms, frequently in bays or estuaries (Ref. 3132). Feeds on minute invertebrates (crustaceans and worms). [details] | |||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218161 | |||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218161 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||
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