Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Syngnathiformes - (Family) Pegasidae

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 418. [assumed]

Original entries

Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pegasidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 312; ECoF(11 Jun 2025).

Alternative positions

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 338. [new taxon]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 418. [new position]

Historical positions

Pegasidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 312.
Pegasidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 905.
Pegasiformes (Order)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 418. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 338. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[3s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]