Family Pegasidae - Seamoths | ||||
Order | : | Dactylopteriformes | ||
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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The list ordered as follows:
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Scientifc name | Status | Senior/Junior synonym | Combination |
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Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 | accepted | senior | original |
! La spatule Bonnaterre, 1788 | synonym | other | other |
Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800 | synonym | junior | original |
! Pégase spatule Lacepède, 1800 | synonym | other | other |
Parapegasus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym | senior | new |
! Pegasis volitans Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym | senior | original |
Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym | junior | original |
Leptopegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym | junior | new |
Parapegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym | junior | new |
Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym | junior | original |
Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852 | synonym | junior | original |
Cataphractus anceps Gronow, 1854 | synonym | junior | original |
Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1816 | accepted | senior | original |
Parapegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758) | misapplied | misapplied | new |
Pegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758) | misapplied | misapplied | original |
Parapegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766) | misapplied | misapplied | misapplied |
Pegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766) | misapplied | misapplied | original |
Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861 | accepted | senior | original |
Acanthopegasus lancifer (Kaup, 1861) | synonym | senior | new |
Parapegasus lancifer (Kaup, 1861) | synonym | senior | new |
Pegasus natans (non Linnaeus, 1766) | misapplied | misapplied | original |
Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, 2016 | accepted | senior | original |
Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) | accepted | senior | new |
! Le Dragon Bonnaterre, 1788 | synonym | other | other |
! Le pégasé volant Bonnaterre, 1788 | synonym | other | other |
Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym | senior | original |
Surypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym | senior | new |
Zalises draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym | senior | new |
! Europegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym | senior | new |
Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804 | synonym | junior | original |
! Pegassus draco Shaw, 1804 | synonym | junior | original |
Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846 | synonym | junior | original |
Cataphractus draco Gronow, 1854 | ambiguous | other | original |
Pegasus pauciradiatus Ogilby, 1886 | synonym | junior | original |
Zalises umitengu Jordan & Snyder, 1901 | synonym | junior | original |
Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | synonym | junior | new |
Pegasus volitans (non Linnaeus, 1758) | misapplied | misapplied | original |
Pegasus volans (non Linnaeus, 1766) | misapplied | misapplied | original |
Eurypegasus papilio (Gilbert, 1905) | accepted | senior | new |
Pegasus papilio Gilbert, 1905 | synonym | senior | original |