Eubleekeria

Eubleekeria is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae which are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

• Eubleekeria jonesi <small>(P. S. B. R. James, 1971)</small> (Jones’s ponyfish)
• Eubleekeria kupanensis <small>(Seishi Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005)</small> (Kupang ponyfish)
• Eubleekeria rapsoni <small>(Munro, 1964)</small> (Rapson's ponyfish)
• Eubleekeria splendens <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Splendid ponyfish)

Etymology

The name of the genus Eubleekeria consists of the prefix eu which means “good” and the suffix ia meaning “of” or “belonging to“ the Dutch physician and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878).

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