Pegasus laternarius

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	GASTEROSTEIFORMES	PEGASIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pegasus laternarius

Species Authority:

Cuvier, 1816

Common Name/s:

English

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Brick Seamoth

Taxonomic Notes:

Was submitted by Project Seahorse as Pegasus latinarius, but was already in the database as P. laternarius. There is some doubt as to which name is correct, but Sarah Foster (pers. comm.) suggests using P. laternarius.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A2cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Vincent, A.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: China; Japan; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Marine

Systems:

Marine

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Vincent, A. 1996. Pegasus laternarius. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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