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View Mode View All Pictures Species Equulites elongatus (Günther 1874)    Equulites elongatus was originally described as Equula elongatus by Günther in 1874. It belongs to the family Leiognathidae. It is commonly known as Elongate slimy but has many other common names such as in USA (contiguous states) as Elongate slimy, in Japan as Hime-hiiragi, in Papua New Guinea as Slender ponyfish, in Philippines as Sapsap, in South Africa as Elongate slimy, in South Africa as Spits slymvis. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1874 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Leiognathidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Equulites Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Leiognathidae Genus   Equulites Original Name   Equula         Taxon Name   elongata Original Combination   Equula elongata Original Genus   Equula Original Genus Species   Equula elongata OriginalSubGenus   Equula Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1874 Original Family   Leiognathidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   North Sulawesi. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1872.4.6.105 Page   369 [2] SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Equulites elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus   Equulites Current AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1874 Current Family   Leiognathidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   demersal         Water   Salt water Depth Range   From 20 to 100 meters.     Distribution   Indo-West Pacific; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Current Summary   Valid as Equulites elongatus  (Günther 1874). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae.   Name History   • Valid as Leiognathus elongatus  (Günther 1874) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:127 [ref. 19754], Dunlap & McFall-Ngai 1984:884 [ref. 21845], Uyeno & Yabumoto in Masuda et al. 1984:158 [ref. 6441], Jones 1985:581 [ref. 21842], Smith 1986:620 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:76 [ref. 25477], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:346 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:118 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:164 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:261 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:810 [ref. 25086], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Woodland et al. 2001:2807 [ref. 26095], Nakabo 2002:810 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:334, 609 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:33 [ref. 27712], Ikejima et al. 2004:908 [ref. 27755], Sparks & Dunlap 2004:7 [ref. 27928], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:276 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:240 [ref. 28239], Ra et al. 2005:92 [ref. 28304], Hoese & Bray 2006:1179 [ref. 29000]). • Valid as Photoplagios elongatus  (Günther 1874) -- (Sparks 2006:1 [ref. 28783], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2007:622 [ref. 29261]). • Valid as Equulites elongata  (Günther 1874) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:204 [ref. 29614], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:18 [ref. 30812], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:120 [ref. 31090], Golani et al. 2011:S75 [ref. 31436]. Larson et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32988], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:423 [ref. 33460] as elongatus  ). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (9 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   absconditus Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty [P.] & Sparks [J. S.] in Chakrabarty, Chu, Nahar & Sparks 2010 Valid antongil Equulites antongil (Sparks [J. S.] 2006) Valid klunzingeri Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner [F.] 1898) Valid laterofenestra Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks [J. S.] & Chakrabarty [P.] 2007) Valid leuciscus Equulites leuciscus (Günther [A.] 1860) Valid lineolatus Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835) Valid moretoniensis Equulites moretoniensis (Ogilby [J. D.] 1912) Valid rivulatus Equulites rivulatus (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845) Valid stercorarius Equulites stercorarius (Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1907) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (9 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…