Secutor (genus)

Updated on Sep 24, 2024

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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)

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