| Accepted scientific name: |
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Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Cataphractus anceps Gronow, 1854 (synonym) |
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| La spatule Bonnaterre, 1788 (synonym) |
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| Leptopegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym) |
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| Parapegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym) |
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| Parapegasus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) |
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| Pégase spatule Lacepède, 1800 (synonym) |
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| Pegasis volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) |
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| Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym) |
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| Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852 (synonym) |
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| Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800 (synonym) |
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| Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Langstert-seemot |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
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| Langhalet pegasusfisk |
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Danish |
Denmark |
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| Longtail seamoth |
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English |
South Africa |
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| Longtail seamoth |
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English |
Viet Nam |
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| Slender seamoth |
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English |
Indonesia |
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| Winged dragonfish |
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English |
Papua New Guinea |
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| Drachenrößchen |
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German |
Germany |
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| Tenguno-otoshigo |
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Japanese |
Japan |
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| Yaritengu |
- |
Japanese |
Japan |
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| Belalang karang |
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Malay (individual language) |
Malaysia |
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| 短海蛾魚 |
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Mandarin Chinese |
Taiwan |
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| 短海蛾鱼 |
Duan hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 長副海蛾魚 |
Chang fu hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 长副海蛾鱼 |
Chang fu hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 飛海蛾魚 |
Fei hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 飛海蛾魚 |
Fei hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
Taiwan |
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| 飞海蛾鱼 |
Fei hai e yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Pegaz indyjski |
- |
Polish |
Poland |
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| дракон морской |
- |
Russian |
Russia |
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| моль морская |
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Russian |
Russia |
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| пегас короткохвостый |
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Russian |
Russia |
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| Cá Chai |
- |
Vietnamese |
Viet Nam |
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| Cá Rồng bay |
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Vietnamese |
Viet Nam |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Gasterosteiformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2c84dd0-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Pegasidae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2c8505e-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Pegasus
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e36938f0-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to Saudi Arabia (Persian Gulf) and throughout Gulf of Manaar to Bay of Bengal; along the east coast of Myanmar; north to Japan, south to tropical Australia (Ref. 1418) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192). |
| Lifezones: |
Brackish,marine |
| Additional data: |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4609
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27bc6246-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
