Pegasus

Taxonavigation

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

Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
  - Fixation: monotypy

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. 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