Equulites

Equulites is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[3] Analysis of mitochondrial DNA published in 2017 has suggested that Equulites elongates is in fact a species group made up of three species Equulites aethopos, Equulites elongates and Equulites popei.^[4]

Equulites
Equulites leuciscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Leiognathidae
Genus:	Equulites Fowler, 1904
Type species
Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2]
Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[3][5]

• Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010
• Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
• Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish)
• Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
• Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
• Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish)
• Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish)
• Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish)
• Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish)
• Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)