Pegasus is a genus of seamoths found in coastal tropical marine waters. The name was taken from the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. The member species are distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean waters around: Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania and Thailand.
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Pegasus lancifer <small>Kaup, 1861</small> (Sculptured seamoth)
- Pegasus laternarius <small>G. Cuvier, 1816</small> (Brick seamoth)
- Pegasus volitans <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Long-tail seamoth)
- Pegasus tetrabelos <small>Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & W. T. White, 2016</small> (Short-spined seamoth)
- Pegasus sinensis <small>Ying-Yi Zhang, Rong-Rong Zhang, Shao-Bo Ma, Shuai-Shuai Liu, Qiang Lin and Xin Wang], 2022</small> (Chinese seamoth)
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