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Deveximentum

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Deveximentum is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyLeiognathidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded558

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
32
Family
Leiognathidae
Collections
SIO, USNM, UMMZ
Recorded in
Philippines, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Republic Of Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Secutor insidiator.svg
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taxon name
Deveximentum
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Deveximentum
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Genus name
  • Species
  • References

Deveximentum is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

==Genus name== The genus had been once named as Secutor but Secutor was coined by Gistel in 1848 with Forsskål’s Scombrops equula as its type species, this being a synonym for Leiognathus equulus. In 1904 Fowler created the genus Deveximentum with Bloch’s Zeus insidiator as its type species. Catalog of Fishes states that as the type species for Secutor is synonymous with L. equulus then Secutor is a synonym of Leiognathus and prefers Fowler’s Deveximentum.

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