Equulites

Equulites
Equulites leuciscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Subfamily: Gazzinae
Genus: Equulites
Fowler, 1904
Type species
Leiognathus vermiculatus
Fowler, 1904
Synonyms

Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

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 elongatus is in fact a species group made up of three species Equulites aethopos, Equulites elongatus and Equulites popei.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2026.