WoRMS taxon details
Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758
206710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206710)
accepted
Genus
Acanthopegasus McCulloch, 1915 · unaccepted
Cataphractus Gronow, 1763 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptopegasus Bleeker, 1872 · unaccepted
Parapegasus Duméril (ex Bleeker), 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pégase · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pegasis · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pegassus · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861
- Species Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pegasus nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang & Lin, 2020
- Species Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, 2016
- Species Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Pegasus papilio Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Eurypegasus papilio (Gilbert, 1905)
- Species Pegasus pauciradiatus Ogilby, 1886 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206710 on 2023-12-05
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request] taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | テングノオトシゴ属 | [details] |
