Brick seamoth | |
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Conservation status
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Pegasidae |
Genus: | Pegasus |
Species: | P. laternarius
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Binomial name | |
Pegasus laternarius G. Cuvier, 1816
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The brick seamoth, Pegasus laternarius,[2] also known as the long-tailed dragonfish, long-tailed seamoth, pelagic dragon-fish, or the winged dragonfish, is a species of fish in the Pegasidae, or seamoth, family.[3] This species is used extensively in the Guangdong and Guangxi province of China to treat scrofula, cough, and diarrhea.[4]