Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Subordo: Syngnathoidei
Familia: Pegasidae
Genus: Pegasus
Species (4): P. lancifer – P. laternarius – P. nanhaiensis – P. tetrabelos – P. volitans
Name
Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: monotypy
Pegasus volitans
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 338. Open access Reference page.
Zhang, R., Wang, X., Wan, S., Ma, S. & Lin, Q. (2020): A new species of Pegasus (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa, 4894 (4): 521–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.2
Links
Pegasus in the World Register of Marine Species
Pegasus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Pegasus is a genus of seamoths found in coastal tropical marine waters. The name was taken from the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. This horse was created with Medusa´s blood.[1] The member species are distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean waters around: Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania and Thailand.[1]
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861 (Sculptured seamoth)
Pegasus laternarius G. Cuvier, 1816 (Brick seamoth)
Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-tail seamoth)
Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & W. T. White, 2016 (Short-spined seamoth) [2]
Pegasus sinensis Ying-Yi Zhang, Rong-Rong Zhang, Shao-Bo Ma, Shuai-Shuai Liu, Qiang Lin and Xin Wang], 2022 (Chinese seamoth)[3]
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Pegasidae". FishBase. January 2016 version.
.Osterhage, D., Pogonoski, J.J., Appleyard, S.A. & White, W.T. (2016): Integrated Taxonomy Reveals Hidden Diversity in Northern Australian Fishes: A New Species of Seamoth (Genus Pegasus). PLoS ONE, 11 (3): e0149415.
Zhang YY, Zhang RR, Ma SB, Liu SS, Lin Q, Wang X (18 July 2022). "A new seamoth species of Pegasus (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae) from the East China Sea". Zoological Research. 43 (4): 675–678. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.109. PMC 9336449. PMID 35791615.
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