Biology:Leiognathus equula

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Leiognathus equula
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Leiognathus
Species:
L. equula
Binomial name
Leiognathus equula
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775
  • Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795
  • Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus argenteus Lacépède, 1802
  • Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula totta Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835
  • Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901

Leiognathus equula,[3] the common ponyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It occurs in brackish and marine waters from East Africa to Fiji in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, Red Sea and Persian Gulf.[2]

References

  1. Larson, H.; Kaymaram, F.; Hartmann, S.; Al-Husaini, M.; Almukhtar, M.; Alam, S.; Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Leiognathus equulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T196417A53990344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T196417A53990344.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/196417/53990344. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Leiognathus equulus" in FishBase. December 2006 version.
  3. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218459 on 2023-11-16

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3643200 entry