Biology:Equulites
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Equulites | |
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| Equulites leuciscus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Equulites Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
- Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010
- Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
- Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish)
- Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
- Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
- Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish)
- Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish)
- Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
- Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish)
- Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Equulites". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5179.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Leiognathidae.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275099472.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Equulites in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2110072 entry
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