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