WINGED HORSEFISH
Eurypegasus draconis / Short dragonfish / Seamoth
The winged fish belong to the Pegasidae family, of which there are only eight species. Subdivided into the genus Pegasus with 6 species and Eurypegasus with 2 species.
One of these is the dwarf winged horsefish /Eurypegasus draconis which also occurs in the Red Sea.
The name Pegasus comes from the Greek and means winged horse. Pegasus is the horse of the gods, whose parents are the sea god Poseidon and the gorgon Medusa. At least that is the explanation given in Greek mythology. Like Pegasus, the horse with wings, the winged horsefish has extremely large pectoral fins that resemble wings. These fins are not used for locomotion, but for stabilization. This is done by the hooked ventral fins, which they use to walk on the ground like legs.
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