Leiognathus
| Leiognathus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Leiognathus Lacépède, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus argenteus Lacépède, 1802 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leiognathus is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] All the species can separated by other fish due to silver colored body and presence of a nuchal crest just before the dorsal fin starts in forehead region. The fish are commonly known as Silverbelly due to silver colored bodies.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Leiognathus aureus T. Abe & Haneda, 1972 (Golden ponyfish)
- Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Berber ponyfish)
- Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835) (Shortnose ponyfish)
- Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) (Common ponyfish)
- Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish)
- Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Longspine ponyfish)
- Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
- Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Leiognathus robustus Sparks & Dunlap, 2004
- Leiognathus striatus P. S. B. R. James & Badrudeen, 1991
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Leiognathus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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