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Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766 
AphiaID: 218164

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Pegasidae (Family) > Pegasus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: 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]

basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218164
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2000-09-11 06:47:01Z  created  Govaerts, Ann
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pegasus 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=218164 on 2013-06-20
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