IRMNG - Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1037726 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1037726)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pegasidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Acanthopegasus McCulloch, 1915 · unaccepted

Cataphractus Gronovius, 1763 [2] · unaccepted (synonym)

Leptopegasus Bleeker, 1872 · unaccepted

Parapegasus Duméril (ex Bleeker), 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pégase · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pegasis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pegassus Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Spinipegasus Rendahl, 1930 · unaccepted

Xystra Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

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Species Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861
Species Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1816
Species Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pegasus draco (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pegasus papilio Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Eurypegasus papilio (Gilbert, 1905)
Species Pegasus pauciradiatus Ogilby, 1886 accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 338 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037726 on 2024-12-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 338 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Leptopegasus Bleeker, 1872) Bleeker, P. (1872). Mémoire sur la faune ichthyologique de Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 4: 113-154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49085676
page(s): 125 [details]

original description (of Xystra Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526 [details]

original description (of Acanthopegasus McCulloch, 1915) Biol. Res. "Endeavour, " 3
page(s): 106 [details]

original description (of Parapegasus Duméril (ex Bleeker), 1870) Hist. Nat. Poissons, 2, 489
page(s): 492 [details]

original description (of Cataphractus Gronovius, 1763 [2]) Zooph., 1
page(s): 115 [details]

original description (of Pegassus Swainson, 1838) Hist. Classif. Fish., 1
page(s): 236 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Type species as cited Pegasus volitans Linnaeus 1758 [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Cataphractus Gronovius, 1763 [2])
To WoRMS (from synonym Parapegasus Duméril (ex Bleeker), 1870)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pegassus Swainson, 1838)
To WoRMS (from synonym Acanthopegasus McCulloch, 1915)
To WoRMS (from synonym Leptopegasus Bleeker, 1872)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pegasis)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pégase)