Eubleekeria
| Eubleekeria | |
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| Splendid Ponyfish (E. splendens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Eubleekeria Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Equula splendens Cuvier, 1829[1]
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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.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Eubleekeria jonesi (P. S. B. R. James, 1971) (Jones’s ponyfish)
- Eubleekeria kupanensis (Seishi Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005) (Kupang ponyfish)
- Eubleekeria rapsoni (Munro, 1964) (Rapson's ponyfish)
- Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829) (Splendid ponyfish)
Etymology
[edit]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).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Eubleekeria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Eubleekeria". FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (12 August 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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