Equulites
Sign in to saveEquulites 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyLeiognathidae
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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 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: Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish) Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Berber ponyfish) Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish) Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007) Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish) Equulites macrolepis Suzuki, Osmany & Kimura, 2023 (Largescale ponyfish) Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish) Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish) Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Equulites ryukyuensis Kimura & Suzuki, 2023 (Okinawan whip-fin ponyfish) Synonyms Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010; valid as E. berbis Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898); valid as E. berbis Equulites vermiculatus Fowler, 1904; valid as E. berbis