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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eubleekeria is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae which are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
Eubleekeria | |
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Splendid Ponyfish (E. splendens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Leiognathidae |
Genus: | Eubleekeria Fowler, 1904 |
Type species | |
Equula splendens Cuvier, 1829[1] |
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
The name of the genus Eubleekeria consists of the prefix eu which means “good” and the suffix ia meaning “of” or “belonging to“ the Dutch physician and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878).[3]
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