Equulites
| Equulites | |
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| Equulites leuciscus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: |
Equulites Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
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Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904
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| Synonyms | |
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Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005 |
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Equulites is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. 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.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
- 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)