''Equulites'' is a
genus
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of
ponyfishes native to the
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
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.
Analysis of
mitochondrial DNA
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published in 2017 has suggested that ''Equulites elongates'' is in fact a species group made up of three species ''Equulites aethopos'', ''Equulites elongates'' and ''Equulites popei''.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
Suzuki
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& Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
* '' Equulites elongatus'' ( Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish)
* '' Equulites klunzingeri'' (Steindachner
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, 1898)
* '' Equulites laterofenestra'' ( Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
* '' Equulites leuciscus'' ( Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish)
* '' Equulites lineolatus'' (Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish)
* '' Equulites oblongus'' (Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
* '' Equulites popei'' ( Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish)
* '' Equulites rivulatus'' (Temminck
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Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob ...
& Schlegel, 1845)
References
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
Fish described in 1904
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