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Equulites Fowler 1904, a senior synonym of Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap, and Smith 2005 (Perciformes: Leiognathidae)

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Acknowledgments

The authors are deeply indebted to J. Maclaine, Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH), and M. Sabaj, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA (ANSP), for observation of the holotypes of Equulites elongatus and E. leuciscus and of Leiognathus vermiculatus, respectively. Authors also thank J. Williams, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA, who read the initial manuscript and offered helpful comments.

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  1. Fisheries Research Laboratory, Mie University, 4190-172 Wagu, Shima, Mie, 517-0703, Japan

    Seishi Kimura

  2. The Kagoshima University Museum, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Hiroyuki Motomura

  3. Division of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan

    Yukio Iwatsuki

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

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