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Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932)

Pope's ponyfish
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Teleostei > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Eponymy: Thomas Edmund Burt Pope (1879–1958) was a scientific assistant in the US Bureau of Fisheries. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Whitley.

Issue
Common names of Equuilites elongatus retained in E. popei following respective countries of occurrence.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

海洋 居于水底的; 深度上下限 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). 熱帶; 45°N - 30°S, 30°E - 165°E

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Indo-West Pacific: east coast of Africa (Mozambique, Oman) and the Red Sea (a Lessepsian migrant, Golani et al, 2011) to the Philippines; north to Japan (including Okinawa), Thailand (Gulf of Thailand); south to Malaysia (Sabah).
印度-西太平洋: 非洲東岸與外海的印度西南部; 向東到菲律賓; 北至日本; 南至澳洲。

大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 30573); common length : 8.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 3424)

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背棘 (总数) : 8; 背的软条 (总数) : 16; 臀棘: 3; 臀鳍软条: 14. This species of the Equulites elongatus group is distinguished by the following set of characters: eye diameter 82-137% postorbital head length; distance from pelvic-fin insertion to center of anus 35-50% of the distance from pelvic-fin insertion to anal-fin origin; scales above lateral line 8-13, below 12-19; dorsolateral body with large dark blotches rarely forming ring marks (0-2) and a few dark spots (0-5) that are smaller than a half of pupil diameter; the tips of neural and hemal spines of fourth preural centrum is less expanding, distal expansion ratios of neural and hemal spines of the fourth preural centrum 2.1-3.9. Colour of the head and ventrolateral body almost uniformly silvery white; snout tip blackish; upper posterior margin of the operculum pale yellow; dorsolateral body silvery brown with scattered dark blotches; pectoral axil dark and pectoral fin pale yellow; black lines along the caudal-fin rays, the posterior margin of caudal fin dark while other fins are colourless (Ref. 120651).
身体银色而有斑点的绿色与深色的背面。 头部没有鳞片; 颊与胸部覆盖着小鳞片了; 颈背的棘呈现; 伸长的嘴分向朝下.(参考文献 2108)

生物学特性     字汇 (例如 epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow waters, usually in schools near the bottom. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans, polychaetes and algae (Ref. 30573).

栖息于浅水域,通常成群聚集近的底部。 (参考文献 30573,48635) 主要吃小型甲壳动物,多毛类动物与藻类。 (参考文献 30573)

Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 产卵场 | | 孕卵数 | 仔鱼

印度-西太平洋: 非洲東岸與外海的印度西南部; 向東到菲律賓; 北至日本; 南至澳洲。

主要参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | 合作者 : Woodland, David J. | 合作者

Suzuki, T. and S. Kimura, 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Equulites elongatus (Günther 1874) species group (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res..64(3):[1-14]339-352. (Ref. 120651)

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