Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Chaetodontiformes
Familia: Leiognathidae
Subfamilia: Leiognathinae
Genus: Aurigequula
Species: Aurigequula fasciata
Name
Aurigequula fasciata (Lacepède, 1803)
No types.
Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.
Synonyms
Clupea fasciata Lacepède, 1803
Equula cara Cuvier, 1829
Equula filigera Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
Equula serrulifera Richardson, 1848
Equula asina De Vis, 1884
Vernacular names
English: Striped ponyfish
References
Lacepède, B. G. E., 1803: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. BHL
The striped ponyfish (Aurigequula fasciata) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa to Fiji and Samoa, where it occurs in coastal marine and brackish waters. It occurs at depths of from 20 to 50 metres (66 to 164 ft). It is a predator upon smaller fishes, small crustaceans and polychaete worms. This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL though most do not exceed 17 centimetres (6.7 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]
References
Larson, H.; Kaymaram, F.; Hartmann, S.; Al-Husaini, M.; Almukhtar, M.; Alam, S.; Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Aurigequula fasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T199622A56697395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T199622A56697395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Aurigequula fasciata" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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