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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Equulites | |
|---|---|
| |
| Equulites leuciscus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Equulites Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005 | |
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[3][5]
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