Equulites
Equulites leuciscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Equulites
Fowler, 1904
Type species
Leiognathus vermiculatus
Fowler, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2]

Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

Equulites is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[3] Analysis of mitochondrial DNA published in 2017 has suggested that Equulites elongates is in fact a species group made up of three species Equulites aethopos, Equulites elongates and Equulites popei.[4]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[3][5]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b Sparks, J.S.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family". Zootaxa. 3947 (2): 181–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2. PMID 25947728.
  4. ^ Hiromu Suzuki; Seishi Kimura (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the Equulites elongatus (Günther 1874) species group (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species". Ichthyological Research. 64 (3): 339. doi:10.1007/s10228-017-0572-9.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Equulites in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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