Secutor (genus)
For other uses, see Secutor.
| Secutor | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Secutor Gistel, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Zeus insidiator Bloch, 1787 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Secutor is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Secutor in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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