Eubleekeria

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: Eubleekeria
Species: E. jonesi – E. kupanensis – E. rapsoni – E. splendens
Name

Eubleekeria Fowler, 1904

created as a subgenus of Leiognathus
Type species: Equula splendens Cuvier, 1829

References

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.

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]
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

Eubleekeria jonesi (P. S. B. R. James, 1971) (Jones’s ponyfish)
Eubleekeria kupanensis (Seishi Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005) (Kupang ponyfish)
Eubleekeria rapsoni (Munro, 1964) (Rapson's ponyfish)
Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829) (Splendid ponyfish)

Etymology

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]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Eubleekeria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Eubleekeria in FishBase. December 2013 version.
Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (12 August 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2020.