Photopectoralis aureus
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| Photopectoralis aureus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Photopectoralis |
| Species: | P. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Photopectoralis aureus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leiognathus aureus Abe & Haneda | |
Photopectoralis aureus, commonly known as the golden ponyfish or false toothed ponyfish, is a marine ray-finned fish native to the Western Pacific from Taiwan south to Indonesia as well as to the Gulf of Thailand, Timor Sea, and the Arafura Sea.[2] It grows to 10 cm (3.9 in) TL.[2] This species was first formally described in 1972 as Leiognathus aureus by the Japanese ichthyologists Tokiharu Abe (1911-1996) and Yata Haneda (1907-1995) with the type locality given as Ambon fish market on Ambon Island.[3] It is the type species of the genus Photopectoralis which was delineated by Sparks, Dunlap & W. L. Smith in 2005.[4]
