Little dragonfish
| Little dragonfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Pegasidae |
| Genus: | Eurypegasus |
| Species: | E. draconis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
The little dragonfish or short dragonfish, among various other vernacular names, Eurypegasus draconis, is a species of marine fish in the family Pegasidae.[2]
The little dragonfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea included.[3][4]
This small fish can grow up to 10 cm (3.9 in) length.
The little dragonfish sheds it skin in one piece. It is estimated that millions of these kind of fish are sold for traditional medicine each year in China and Hong Kong alone. [5]
Taxonomic synonyms
- Cataphractus draco Gronow, 1854
- Europegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling)
- Pegassus draco Shaw, 1804 (misspelling)
- Pegasus draco Shaw, 1804
- Pegasus draconis Linnaeus, 1766
- Pegasus latirostris Richardson, 1846
- Pegasus pauciradiatus Ogilby, 1886
- Pegasus umitengu (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Surypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Zalises draconis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Zalises umitengu Jordan & Snyder, 1901
References
- ↑ Sorensen, M.& Vincent, A. 2010. Eurypegasus draconis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4606&GenusName=Eurypegasus&SpeciesName=draconis&StockCode=4793
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8407/0
- ↑ http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=405
- ↑ EOl
- Vincent, A. 1996. Eurypegasus draconis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=729
- http://australianmuseum.net.au/Little-Dragonfish-Eurypegasus-draconis/
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218161
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