Eurypegasus

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Eurypegasus
Short Dragonfish (E. draconis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Pegasidae
Genus: Eurypegasus
Bleeker, 1863

Eurypegasus is a genus of seamoths native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Short dragonfish)
  • Eurypegasus papilio (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Hawaiian sea-moth)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Eurypegasus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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