draconis, Pegasus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:418 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] India [Indonesia]. Syntypes: ZMUC P8430 (1, formerly dry). Type information: Wheeler 1989:217 [ref. 21873]. •Valid as Pegasus draconis Linnaeus 1766 -- (Dor 1984:93 [ref. 29757], Lindberg et al. 1997:250 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Zalises draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Smith 1986:443 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:434 [ref. 12442], Palsson & Pietsch 1989:9 [ref. 13536], Kuiter 1993:99 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:23 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:97 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:70 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:502 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:86 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:142 [ref. 24106], Pietsch & Palsson 1999:2262 [ref. 24792], Nakabo 2000:515 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:159 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:515 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830] dated to 1758, Manilo & Bo/gorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377] as Euripegasus, Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495] dated 1758, Randall 2005:102 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:805 [ref. 28995], Kuiter 2009:320 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:55 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:180 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:74 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:119 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36673], Silambarasan et al. 2020:357 [ref. 38069], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:135 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:427 [ref. 39720], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:197 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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