Photolateralis stercorarius

Photolateralis stercorarius, commonly known as the oblong slipmouth, is a marine fish native to the western Pacific Ocean.[1] It was originally known as Equulites stercorarius, but was re-evaluated in 2015 as part of Photolateralis.[2]

Photolateralis stercorarius
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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P. stercorarius
Binomial name
Photolateralis stercorarius
(Everman & Seale, 1907)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Equulites stercorarius" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
  2. Sparks, J.S.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family". Zootaxa. 3947 (2): 181–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2. PMID 25947728.


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