Revision of the Acanthopterygian Fish Family Pegasidae (order Gasterosteiformes)

5th ray absent Ambon anal fins anteriormost Bleeker BMNH body plates BPBM brown spots carapace CAS-SU Cataphractus corpore caudal fin caudolateral plates caudoventral plates color Cuvier dark brown denticles directed tubercle distribution dorsal and lateral dorsal plates dorsal surface Dorsal view dorsolateral and ventrolateral dorsomedial tubercle Duméril epioccipitals Eurypegasus draconis Eurypegasus papilio fishes Fowler fused genus Gronovius Gronovius 1763 Günther holotype Indian Ocean Indo-Pacific interpectoral plate ip interpectoral width Japan Jawa Jordan Kaup Kuiter length Linnaeus margin McCulloch MNHN Museum natans original description paired elements pectoral fins pectoral-fin pectoral-fin rays pegasid Pegasus lancifer Pegasus laternarius Pegasus volitans pelvic fin pelvic-fin ray Pietsch planktonic plates tl posterior posteriorly directed spines posteriormost Rendahl rostrum Ruysch South supraoccipital synonymy Tasmania terminal tail rings terminal-lateral plates terminodorsal-lateral tdl terminoventral-lateral tvl trawled tubercles type material umitengu unpaired USNM Ventral view vertebral centra volans volitans Linnaeus Zalises ZMUC