Karalla

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: Karalla
Species: K. daura – K. dussumieri
Name

Karalla Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2008

Type species: Equula daura Cuvier, 1829

References
cited sources

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)

Karalla 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 two recognized species in this genus:[2]

Karalla daura (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Goldstripe ponyfish)
Karalla dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) (Dussumier's ponyfish)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Karalla". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Karalla in FishBase. December 2013 version.