Equulites

Life-forms

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: Gazzinae
Genus: Equulites
Species: E. absconditus – E. elongatus – E. klunzingeri – E. laterofenestra – E. leuciscus – E. lineolatus – E. rivulatus
Name

Equulites Fowler, 1904

created as a subgenus of Leiognathus
Type species: Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904

References

Chakrabarty, P.; Chu, J.; Nahar, L.; Sparks, J.S. 2010: Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes. Zootaxa, 2427: 15–24. Preview
Chakrabarty, P.; Sparks, J.S. 2008: Diagnoses for Leiognathus Lacepède 1802, Equula Cuvier 1815, Equulites Fowler 1904, Eubleekeria Fowler 1904, and a new ponyfish genus (Teleostei, Leiognathidae). American Museum novitates, (3623)
Fowler, H. W., 1904: A collection of fishes from Sumatra. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. 12 (4): 495–560, Pls. 7-28.

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]
Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[3][5]

Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010
Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish)
Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish)
Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish)
Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish)
Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
Sparks, J.S.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family". Zootaxa. 3947 (2): 181–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2. PMID 25947728.
Hiromu Suzuki; Seishi Kimura (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the Equulites elongatus (Günther 1874) species group (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species". Ichthyological Research. 64 (3): 339. doi:10.1007/s10228-017-0572-9.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Equulites in FishBase. April 2006 version.