Genus Photolateralis

Summary:
Species in the genus Photolateralis are differ from other leiognathids in having a translucent flank stripe, which may be comprised of either a continuous mid-lateral stripe or a composite stripe comprised of numerous independent translucent windows. The translucent lateral stripe is either lacking entirely in females, or is considerably less developed. Photolateralis differs from the sister genus Equulites, in the morphology of the light-organ system.
Author: Bray, D.J. 2022

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Photolateralis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/1831

References

Kimura, S., Motomura, H. & Iwatsuki, Y. 2008. Equulites Fowler 1904, a senior synonym of Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap, and Smith 2005 (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 55(2): 204-205, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0041-6

Sparks, J.S. 2006. A new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Photoplagios) from Madagascar, with a phylogeny for Photoplagios and comments on the status of Equula lineolata Valenciennes. American Museum Novitates 3526: 1-20, http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5804

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2

Sparks, J.S., Dunlap, P.V. & Smith, W.L.  2005. Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses of two new genera. Cladistics 21: 305-327, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00067.x (as Photoplagios)