Leiognathus equulus

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Leiognathidae
Genus: Leiognathus
Species: Leiognathus equulus

Name

Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)

• Lectotype: ZMUC P48219 (dry skin).
• Paralectotype: ZMUC P48220 (1, dry skin).

Type locality: Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea.

Synonyms

• Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775
• Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802
• Equula caballa Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
• Equula coma Cuvier, 1829
• Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795
• Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829
• Equula totta Cuvier, 1829

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Common Ponyfish