Morphology of the light-organ system and bioluminescent blinking in the ponyfish tribe Equulitini (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)

• Michael J. Ghedotti ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mghedott@regis.edu

  Affiliations Biology, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-6382

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• Jordon J. Valdez,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Rene P. Martin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Emily M. Carr,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ichthyology and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-863X

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• John S. Sparks

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ichthyology and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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