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Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Short dragonfish
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from northeastern Taiwan (Ref. 47843).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Petit dragon, Seamoth, Dragonfish, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Dactylopteriformes (Flying gurnards) > Pegasidae (Seamoths)
Etymology: Eurypegasus: Greek, eurys = long + Greek, Pegasus, pege = springs of Ocean near which Medusa was said to have been killed; the winged horse, sprung from the blood of Medusa (Ref. 45335);  draconis: From the Latin word 'draco' meaning fabulous, lizard-like animal..
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi


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