After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Pegasidae (korentokalat; seamoths) [2/5]
   |--o Eurypegasus [2]
   |  |-- E. draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Short dragonfish)
   |  `-- E. papilio (Gilbert, 1905) (Hawaiian sea-moth fish)
   `--o Pegasus M. Eoc. SEu. R. Oc. ()? [3]
      |-- P. lancifer Kaup, 1856
      |-- P. laternarius Cuvier, 1816
      `-- P. volitans Linnaeus, 1758 [= P. volans??] (Longtail seamoth)

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