Equulites is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA published in 2017 has suggested that Equulites elongatus is in fact a species group made up of three species Equulites aethopos, Equulites elongatus and Equulites popei.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
- Equulites aethopos <small>Suzuki & Kimura, 2017</small> (Red Sea elongated ponyfish)
- Equulites berbis <small>(Valenciennes, 1835)</small> (Berber ponyfish)
- Equulites elongatus <small>(Günther, 1874)</small> (Slender ponyfish)
- Equulites laterofenestra <small>(Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)</small>
- Equulites leuciscus <small>(Günther, 1860)</small> (Whipfin ponyfish)
- Equulites macrolepis <small>Suzuki, Osmany & Kimura, 2023</small> (Largescale ponyfish)
- Equulites oblongus <small>(Valenciennes, 1835)</small> (Oblong ponyfish)
- Equulites popei <small>(Whitley, 1932)</small> (Pope's ponyfish)
- Equulites rivulatus <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)</small>
- Equulites ryukyuensis <small>Kimura & Suzuki, 2023</small> (Okinawan whip-fin ponyfish)
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