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The little dragonfish or short dragonfish, among various other vernacular names, ''Eurypegasus draconis'', is a species of marine fish in the family Pegasidae.〔http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4606&GenusName=Eurypegasus&SpeciesName=draconis&StockCode=4793〕 The little dragonfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea included.〔http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8407/0〕〔http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=405〕 This small fish can grow up to 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. 〔(EOl )〕 ==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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little dragonfish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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