Photolateralis

Photolateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Subfamily: Gazzinae [1]
Genus: Photolateralis
Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2015 [2]

Photolateralis is a genus of ponyfishes. This genus is unique among ponyfishes in possessing a translucent mid-lateral flank stripe which, depending on the species, may be either a composite stripe of numerous independent translucent windows or a continuous translucent lateral stripe.[2]

Species

There are 3 recognized species in this genus:

  • Photolateralis antongil (Sparks, 2006)
  • Photolateralis moretoniensis (J. D. Ogilby, 1912) (Moreton Bay ponyfish)
  • Photolateralis stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (Oblong slipmouth)

References

  1. Chakrabarty, P.; Sparks, J.S. (2015). "Formalizing the names of subfamilies and tribes of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae Gill 1893)". Zootaxa. 3964 (2): 298–299. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.10. PMID 26249439.
  2. 1 2 Sparks, J.S.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family". Zootaxa. 3947 (2): 181–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2. PMID 25947728.


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