| Equulites | |
|---|---|
| |
| Equulites leuciscus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Subfamily: | Gazzinae |
| Genus: | Equulites Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 19041
| |
| Synonyms2 | |
|
Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005 | |
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 elongatus is in fact a species group made up of three species Equulites aethopos, Equulites elongatus and Equulites popei.4
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:35
- Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
- Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Berber ponyfish)
- Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish)
- Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
- Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish)
- Equulites macrolepis Suzuki, Osmany & Kimura, 2023 (Largescale ponyfish)
- Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
- Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish)
- Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
- Equulites ryukyuensis Kimura & Suzuki, 2023 (Okinawan whip-fin ponyfish)
- Synonyms
- Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010; valid as E. berbis
- Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898); valid as E. berbis
- Equulites vermiculatus Fowler, 1904; valid as E. berbis
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Equulites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2026.