longtail seamouth
Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Pegasus volitans
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Open encyclopedia reference
The longtail seamoth (Pegasus volitans) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pegasidae. It is found around the coasts of Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Thailand. This fish is used in Chinese medicine and in the aquarium trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Longtail seamoth; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:42:04.120565+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Name authority
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- longtail seamouth
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Dactylopteriformes
- Family
- Pegasidae
- Genus
- Pegasus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderDactylopteriformes
- familyPegasidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusPegasus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesPegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pegasus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861 | PegasidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pegasus nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang & Lin, 2020 | PegasidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Leptopegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym |
| Pégase spatule Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | synonym |
| Pegasus natans Linnaeus, 1766 Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym |
| Pegasus pristis Bleeker, 1852 Bleeker, 1852 | synonym |
| Parapegasus natans (Linnaeus, 1766) (Linnaeus, 1766) | synonym |
| Parapegasus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Pegasus spatula Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | synonym |
| Pegasus volans Linnaeus, 1766 Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym |
| Pegasis volitans Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Cataphractus anceps Gronow, 1854 Gronow, 1854 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:75XXB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.