Biology:Photopectoralis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Photopectoralis | |
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| Photopectoralis bindus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Photopectoralis Sparks, Dunlap & W. L. Smith, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus aureus Abe & Haneda, 1972[1]
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Photopectoralis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2][1]
Species
There are four recognized species in this genus:[2][1]
- Photopectoralis aureus (T. Abe & Haneda, 1972) (Golden ponyfish)
- Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Orangefin ponyfish)
- Photopectoralis hataii (T. Abe & Haneda, 1972) (Hatai's ponyfish)
- Photopectoralis panayensis (Seishi Kimura & Dunlap, 2003) (Panay ponyfish)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Photopectoralis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10856.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Photopectoralis in FishBase. August 2015 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2648826 entry
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