After Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

    Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005
        Leiognathus (in partim)

        ?Photoplagios klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
            Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
            ?Photoplagios klunzingeri (Steindachner); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios moretoniensis (Ogilby, 1912)
            Leiognathus moretoniensis Ogilby, 1912
            Photoplagios moretoniensis (Ogilby); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
            Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907
            Photoplagios stercorarius (Evermann & Seale); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios sp. “Madagascar” (Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005)

        Photoplagios lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
            Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
            Photoplagios lineolatus (Valenciennes); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios elongatus (Günther, 1874)
            Leiognathus elongatus (Günther, 1874)
            Photoplagios elongatus (Günther); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
            Leiognathus rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
            Photoplagios rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel); Sparks, Dunlap & Smith, 2005

        Photoplagios parviceps Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
            Leiognathus parviceps Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
                cospecific with Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860)? (Sparks et al., 2005)

        Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860)
            Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860)
                cospecific with Leiognathus parviceps Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835? (Sparks et al., 2005)

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