Biology:Eubleekeria
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Eubleekeria | |
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| Splendid Ponyfish (E. splendens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| 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
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
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
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Eubleekeria". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5178.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Eubleekeria in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ↑ "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. 12 August 2020. http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3016336 entry
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