''Photopectoralis'' is a genus of marine

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ponyfish Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoong' ...

from the

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Leiognathidae Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoong' ...

. They are native to the

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and the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

Species

There are four recognized species in this genus: * ''

Photopectoralis aureus ''Photopectoralis aureus'', commonly known as the golden ponyfish or false toothed ponyfish, is a marine fish native to the Western Pacific from Taiwan south to Indonesia as well as to the Gulf of Thailand, Timor Sea, and the Arafura Sea. It gro ...

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Photopectoralis bindus ''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. Species There are four recognized species in this genus: * '' Photopectoralis ...

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, 1835) (Orangefin ponyfish) * ''

Photopectoralis hataii ''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. Species There are four recognized species in this genus: * '' Photopectoralis ...

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, 1972) (Hatai's ponyfish) * ''

Photopectoralis panayensis ''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. Species There are four recognized species in this genus: * '' Photopectoralis ...

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& Dunlap, 2003) (Panay ponyfish)

References

Leiognathidae Bioluminescent fish {{Perciformes-stub