''Photopectoralis'' is a genus of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

es, ponyfish from the

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Leiognathidae. They are native to the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

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'' ( T. Abe & Haneda, 1972) (Golden ponyfish) * '' Photopectoralis bindus'' (

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, 1835) (Orangefin ponyfish) * '' Photopectoralis hataii'' ( T. Abe & Haneda, 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: * '' Photopectorali ...

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& Dunlap, 2003) (Panay ponyfish)

References

Leiognathidae Bioluminescent fish {{Perciformes-stub