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Pegasus volitans
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Entity:
Pegasus (Genus)
..Pegasus lancifer (Species)
..Pegasus laternarius (Species)
..Pegasus volitans (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 338.
Types
Type, by monotypy, of
:
Pegasus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Cataphractus anceps
Gronow, 1854
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Questionably
Synonymous name
:
La spatule
Bonnaterre, 1788
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Questionably
Synonymous name
:
Le pégase spatule
Lacepède, 1800
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Leptopegasus natans
(C. Linnaeus, 1766)
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Parapegasus natans
(C. Linnaeus, 1766)
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Parapegasus volitans
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Pegasus pristis
Bleeker, 1852
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Pegasus spatula
(Lacèpede, 1800)
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Pegasus volans
Linnaeus, 1766
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zeedraak
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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