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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Leiognathidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 341010 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829) |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
 Expected distribution shown as red polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [371] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) @CSIRO 2021 | ||
| Family: | Leiognathidae (Ponyfishes) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Blacktip Ponyfish | |
| Common Names List: | Blacktip Ponyfish black-tipped ponyfish | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Equula ovalis De Vis, 1884 Equula simplex De Vis, 1884 Leiognathus devisi Whitley 1929 (all junior synonyms) Leiognathus splendens [in most references prior to 2008] | |
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Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-50m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 341908
Eubleekeria spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a ponyfish |
| Scientific Name Notes: | Kimura et al 2008 (Ich. Res 55: 22-42) examined the only existing syntype of Leiognathus devisi Whitley 1929, and concluded that it was a junior synonym of Leiognathus splendens. In the same volume, Kimura et al 2008 noted that the correct name was Eubleekeria splendens. | ||||||||
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