Equulites elongatus
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Equulites elongatus, commonly known as the slender ponyfish, is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.[1] As of 2011 it has been found in the eastern Mediterranean off Israel, where it is suspected to be an invasive species from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Equulites elongatus" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
- ^ Daniel Golani; Ronald Fricke; Brenda Appelbaum-Golani (2011). "First record of the Indo-Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) in the Mediterranean". Aquatic Invasions. 6 (1, supplement): s75–s77. doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.017.
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