Species that contain: Eurypegasus and draconis [ 6 ] records

draco, Cataphractus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:144 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. No types known. Perhaps can be regarded as an emendation of Pegasus draconis Linnaeus 1766. •Cannot be used (invalid); secondarily preoccupied by Pegasus draco Shaw 1803. •Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:10 [ref. 13536]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Habitat: marine.

draco, Pegasus Shaw [G.] 1804:461, Pl. 182 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas. No types known. Based on Pegasus draconis Linnaeus and other sources. Not in Palsson & Pietsch 1989:10 [ref. 13536]. •Valid as Pegasus draco Shaw 1804 -- (Herrera 1896:36 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (inferred from Palsson & Pietsch 1989:25 [ref. 13536]). Unjustified Emend.. Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Habitat: marine.

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], Heemstra 2022:427 [ref. 39720], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Rastern 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.

latirostris, Pegasus Richardson [J.] 1846:203 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Sea of China. Syntypes: BMNH (several, perhaps lost). •Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:10 [ref. 13536]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Habitat: marine.

pauciradiatus, Pegasus Ogilby [J. D.] 1886:34 [Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales, with their principal synonyms; ref. 13268] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS B.9207. Proposed conditionally but regarded as available. •Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:434 [ref. 12442], Palsson & Pietsch 1989:10 [ref. 13536], Paxton et al. 2006:806 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Habitat: marine.

umitengu, Zalises Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:2, Pls. 1-2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1241); ref. 2510] Wakanoura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6518. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Palsson & Pietsch 1989:10 [ref. 13536]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766). Pegasidae. Habitat: marine.