Ponyfish

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Ponyfishes
Splendid ponyfish, Leiognathus splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Leiognathidae
Genera
Gazza Leiognathus Secutor See text for species.

The ponyfishes also known as slipmouths or slimys are a small family, Leiognathidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.^[1]

[edit] Species

• Genus Gazza Rüppell, 1835
  • Smalltoothed ponyfish, Gazza achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917.
  • Ovoid toothpony, Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Toothpony, Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795).
  • Rhomboid toothpony, Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita & Iwatsuki, 2000.
  • Scaled belly toothpony, Gazza squamiventralis Yamashita & Kimura, 2001.
• Genus Leiognathus Lacépède, 1802
  • Golden ponyfish, Leiognathus aureus Abe & Haneda, 1972.
  • Berber ponyfish, Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Orangefin ponyfish, Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Twoblotch ponyfish, Leiognathus blochii (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Shortnose ponyfish, Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Goldstripe ponyfish, Leiognathus daura (Cuvier, 1829).
  • Decorated ponyfish, Leiognathus decorus (De Vis, 1884).
  • Dussumier's ponyfish, Leiognathus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Slender ponyfish, Leiognathus elongatus (Günther, 1874).
  • Common ponyfish, Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Striped ponyfish, Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacépède, 1803).
  • Hatai's ponyfish, Leiognathus hataii Abe & Haneda, 1972.
  • Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898).
  • Leiognathus kupanensis Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005.^[2]
  • Whipfin ponyfish, Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860).
  • Ornate ponyfish, Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Moreton Bay ponyfish, Leiognathus moretoniensis Ogilby, 1912.
  • Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
  • Oblong ponyfish, Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Leiognathus pan Wongratana, 1988.
  • Panay ponyfish, Leiognathus panayensis Kimura & Dunlap, 2003.
  • Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Rapson's ponyfish, Leiognathus rapsoni Munro, 1964.
  • Leiognathus rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
  • Smithurst's ponyfish, Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886).
  • Leiognathus spilotus Fowler, 1904.
  • Splendid ponyfish, Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier, 1829).
  • Oblong slipmouth, Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907.
  • Leiognathus striatus James & Badrudeen, 1991.
• Genus Secutor Gistel, 1848
  • Secutor hanedai Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989.
  • Secutor indicius Monkolprasit, 1973.
  • Pugnose ponyfish, Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787).
  • Secutor interruptus (Valenciennes, 1835).
  • Secutor megalolepis Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989.
  • Deep pugnose ponyfish, Secutor ruconius (Hamilton, 1822).

[edit] References

1. ^ "Leiognathidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
2. ^ Seishi Kimura, Takahiro Ito, Teguh Peristiwady, Yukio Iwatsuki, Tetsuo Yoshino and Paul V. Dunlap (2005). "The Leiognathus splendens complex (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species, Leiognathus kupanensis Kimura and Peristiwady". Ichthyological Research 52 (3): 275–291. DOI:10.1007/s10228-005-0283-5.