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In terms of sheer abundance, taxonomic diversity, and species richness, Taiwan has one of the richest concentrations of ponyfishes in the world. The ponyfishes of Taiwan are reviewed here with 13 species representing 8 of the 9 genera currently recognized. Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks and Chakrabarty, 2007) is newly recorded and its distribution is now extended to northeastern Taiwan. Several serially misidentified species and dubious taxa, that have long plagued the taxonomy of this family, are correctly assigned herein.
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Collections from Taiwan were made with the generous assistance of Michael H.-K. Mok, Joker K.-H. Chiu, Otto J.-D. Lee, Y.-C. Liao, K.-T. Shao, Y.-W. Chen Huck S.-H. Liu and Amber Y.-J. Ho. The study was supported by National Science Council, Taiwan (NSC 96-2621-B-006-MY3 676111; NSC 96-2628-B-001-006-MY3 676119). Funding for this project was also provided by the National Science Foundation DEB-0444842 (to JSS) and DEB-0916695 (to PC).
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Chakrabarty, P., Sparks, J.S. & Ho, HC. Taxonomic review of the ponyfishes (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) of Taiwan. Mar Biodiv 40, 107–121 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0037-0
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