Leiognathus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Subfamily: | Leiognathinae |
| Genus: | Leiognathus Lacépède, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Leiognathus argenteus Lacépède, 1802[1] | |
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Leiognathus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] They are sometimes known as silverbellies.[3]
Species
[edit]There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Leiognathus bindoides (Bleeker, 1851)
- Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775) (Common ponyfish)
- Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Leiognathus robustus Sparks & Dunlap, 2004
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leiognathus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ James, P. S. B. R.; M. Badrudeen (1990). "A new species of silverbelly Leiognathus striatus (Family Leiognathidae: Pisces) from the Gulf of Mannar, India and redescription of Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 32 (1–2): 217–226.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leiognathus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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