title: Photolateralis
text: # Photolateralis
  
  Photolateralis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. This genus is unique among ponyfishes in possessing a translucent mid-lateral flank stripe which, depending on the species, may be either a composite stripe of numerous independent translucent windows or a continuous translucent lateral stripe.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are 3 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Photolateralis antongil (Sparks, 2006)
  * Photolateralis moretoniensis (J. D. Ogilby, 1912) (Moreton Bay ponyfish)
  * Photolateralis stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (Oblong slipmouth)
  