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Genera in the family or subfamily Pegasidae: [ 8 ] records

Acanthopegasus McCulloch [A. R.] 1915:106 Masc. Pegasus lancifer Kaup 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:18 [ref. 13536], Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Cataphractus Gronow [L. T.] 1763:115 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Eurypegasus Bleeker [P.] 1863:250 Masc. Pegasus draconis Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Eurypegasus Bleeker 1863 -- (Smith 1986:443 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:434 [ref. 12442], Palsson & Pietsch 1989:7 [ref. 13536], Heemstra 1999:2260 [ref. 24791], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:805 [ref. 28995], Satapoomin 2009:55 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2018:119 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Eurypegasus Bleeker 1863. Pegasidae.

Leptopegasus Bleeker [P.] 1872:125 Masc. Pegasus natans Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Parapegasus Duméril 1870. •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:18 [ref. 13536], Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Parapegasus Duméril [A. H. A.] (ex Bleeker) 1870:492 Masc. Pegasus natans Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:357 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Parapegasus Duméril 1870 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:18 [ref. 13536], Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Pegasus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:338 Masc. Pegasus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:443 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:434 [ref. 12442], Palsson & Pietsch 1989:18 [ref. 13536], Gomon et al. 1994:475 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Palsson 1999:2262 [ref. 24792], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:806 [ref. 28995], Pietsch 2008:485 [ref. 30637], Kuiter 2009:317 [ref. 30404], Osterhage et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34325], Motomura et al. 2017:60 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:120 [ref. 35805], Zhang et al. 2020:521 [ref. 38003], Zhang et al. 2022:675 [ref. 39392]). Current status: Valid as Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Spinipegasus (subgenus of Pegasus) Rendahl [H.] 1930:56 Masc. Pegasus laternarius Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Spinipegasus Rendahl 1930 -- (Prokofiev 2017:646 [ref. 35721]). •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:18 [ref. 13536], Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758. Pegasidae.

Zalises Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:2 Masc. Zalises umitengu Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Only one species mentioned by name but more implied. •Valid as Zalises Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Pegasus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:249 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Eurypegasus Bleeker 1863 -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:7 [ref. 13536]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus Bleeker 1863. Pegasidae.