Family Pegasidae - Seamoths
Order : Dactylopteriformes Pegasidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 2 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Body broad and depressed (aberrant), contained in bony plates. Mouth small and inferior; toothless. Rostrum long and flattened arising from a fusion of the nasals. Jaws protrusible. Gill filaments lobelike and with tufts. Opercle and subopercle very small. Preopercle very much enlarged. Dorsal and anal fins short, spineless and usually with 5 soft rays each. Relatively large and horizontal pectoral fins; unbranched rays 10-18. Pelvics abdominal; spine 1; soft rays 1-3. Caudal fin rays 8; the peduncle quadrangular. Branchiostegal rays 5; filamentous. No supracleithrum and post cleithrum. Circumorbital bones 3; lachrymal bone the largest. Swimm bladder absent. Vertebrae 19-22, first 6 abdominal vertebrae elongated. Feed on minute zoobenthos with extremely protrusible snout. Spawning takes place in open water near the surface. About 13 cm maximum length.
Etymology : Taken from Pegasus = a mythological horse created with Medusa´s blood; it advised to Bellefron against the Chimera ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1984
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Syngnatharia | | | Syngnathiformes | Dactylopteroidei | | Pegasidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Pegasidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
acceptedseniororiginal
! La spatule Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymotherother
Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800
synonymjuniororiginal
! Pégase spatule Lacepède, 1800
synonymotherother
Parapegasus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Pegasis volitans Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766
synonymjuniororiginal
Leptopegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymjuniornew
Parapegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymjuniornew
Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766
synonymjuniororiginal
Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852
synonymjuniororiginal
Cataphractus anceps Gronow, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal
Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1816
acceptedseniororiginal
Parapegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Parapegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Pegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Pegasus natans (non Linnaeus, 1766)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, 2016
acceptedseniororiginal
Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
acceptedseniornew
! Le Dragon Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymotherother
! Le pégasé volant Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymotherother
Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766
synonymseniororiginal
Surypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
Zalises draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
! Europegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804
synonymjuniororiginal
! Pegassus draco Shaw, 1804
synonymjuniororiginal
Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846
synonymjuniororiginal
Cataphractus draco Gronow, 1854
ambiguousotheroriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Zalises umitengu Jordan & Snyder, 1901
synonymjuniororiginal
Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
synonymjuniornew
Pegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Eurypegasus papilio (Gilbert, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
Pegasus papilio Gilbert, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
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