Leiognathus

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
Genus: Leiognathus
Species: L. brevirostris – L. equulus – L. oblongus – L. parviceps – L. robustus – L. striatus
Name

Leiognathus Lacepède, 1802

Type species: Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802 (= Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1785). L. argenteus Lacepède is an unneeded substitute for S. edentulus Bloch. Liognathus Agassiz, 1846:203, 212 is an unjustified emendation (see Briggs 1961:162)

Synonyms

Argylepes (subgenus of Siganus) Swainson, 1839
Equula Cuvier, 1815
Liognathus Agassiz, 1846
Macilentichthys Whitley, 1932
Secutor Gistel, 1848

References

Briggs, J. C., 1961: Emendated generic names in Berg's classification of fishes. Copeia, '1961 (2): 161–166.

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)

Links

Leiognathus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Leiognathus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Leiognathus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] They are sometimes known as silverbellies.[3]
Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Berber ponyfish)
Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835) (Shortnose ponyfish)
Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) (Common ponyfish)
Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Longspine ponyfish)
Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835)
Leiognathus robustus Sparks & Dunlap, 2004
Leiognathus striatus P. S. B. R. James & Badrudeen, 1991

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Leiognathus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
James, P. S. B. R.; M. Badrudeen (1990). "A new species of silverbelly Leiognathus striatus (Family Leiognathidae: Pisces) from the Gulf of Mannar, India and redescription of Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 32 (1–2): 217–226.