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Equulites ryukyuensis Kimura & Suzuki, 2023

Okinawan whip-fin ponyfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: ryukyuensis: Named for its type locality, Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa Prefecture used to be the Ryukyu Kingdom..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130900)

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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: body depth 35-45% SL, 126-167% HL; posterior margin of adipose eyelid not incised (similar to E. rivulatus); upper branch of postorbital canal is short, just reaching to or very slightly extending beyond posterior margin of preopercle (similar to E. berbis); anterior tip of scaly area on breast just reaching to vertical through junction of interopercle and subopercle at margin of operculum; interspace of pelvic keels naked; scale rows above and below lateral line 11-17 and 17-24, respectively (some of both 29-38); scale rows between lowest base of pectoral fin and pelvic-fin insertion 8-9; markings on anterior dorsolateral body comprised of short wavy lines or oblique lines; second anal-fin spine short, not extending beyond base of fifth soft ray (Ref. 130900).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Suzuki, T. and S. Kimura, 2024. Taxonomic revision of the genus Equulites Fowler 1904 (Acanthuriformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyol. Res. 71:213-259. (Ref. 130900)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).