Pegasus tetrabelos

Taxonavigation: Pegasidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes Subordo: Syngnathoidei Familia: Pegasidae

Genus: Pegasus
Species: Pegasus tetrabelos

Name

Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage et al., 2016

• Holotype: CSIRO H 6553–03 .
• Paratypes: many.

Type locality: northeast of Dungeness Island, Torres Strait, Australia, 09°46’9” S, 143°09’19” E, 19 m depth.

Etymology: The species name tetrabelos is a combination of the Greek tetra meaning four and belos meaning dart or arrow in allusion to the four backward pointing spines on the terminal tail ring (two on each side).

Vernacular names

• English: Short-spined Seamoth

References

• Osterhage, D., Pogonoski, J.J., Appleyard, S.A. & White, W.T. 2016. Integrated Taxonomy Reveals Hidden Diversity in Northern Australian Fishes: A New Species of Seamoth (Genus Pegasus). PLoS ONE 11(3): e0149415.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149415Reference page.