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Secutor (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Leiognathidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Secutor

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Leiognathus, Equulites, Karalla daura, Eubleekeria splendens, Gazza minuta

Secutor is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:

  • Secutor hanedai Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989
  • Secutor indicius Monkolprasit, 1973
  • Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787) (Pugnose ponyfish)
  • Secutor interruptus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Pig-nosed ponyfish)
  • Secutor mazavasaoka Z. H. Baldwin & Sparks, 2011
  • Secutor megalolepis Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989 (Bigscale ponyfish)
  • Secutor ruconius (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Deep pugnose ponyfish)

    • References

    Secutor (genus) Wikipedia
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