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Genus of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photolateralis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. This genus is unique among ponyfishes in possessing a translucent mid-lateral flank stripe which, depending on the species, may be either a composite stripe of numerous independent translucent windows or a continuous translucent lateral stripe.[1]
| Photolateralis | |
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| illustration of Photolateralis stercorarius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Photolateralis Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2015 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907[2] | |
There are 3 recognized species in this genus:
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