Photopectoralis

Photopectoralis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2][1]

Photopectoralis
Photopectoralis bindus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Photopectoralis
Sparks, Dunlap & W. L. Smith, 2005
Type species
Leiognathus aureus
Abe & Haneda, 1972[1]

Species

There are four recognized species in this genus:[2][1]

  • Photopectoralis aureus (T. Abe & Haneda, 1972) (Golden ponyfish)
  • Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Orangefin ponyfish)
  • Photopectoralis hataii (T. Abe & Haneda, 1972) (Hatai's ponyfish)
  • Photopectoralis panayensis (Seishi Kimura & Dunlap, 2003) (Panay ponyfish)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Photopectoralis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Photopectoralis in FishBase. August 2015 version.


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