Leiognathidae

Pugnose ponyfish

Deveximentum insidiator

Nuchal spines on head

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Deveximentum insidiator or previously Secutor insidiator, the pugnose ponyfish or barred ponyfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a ponyfish in the family Leiognathidae. The barred ponyfish's mineralized skeleton contains apatite and the mineralized tissue contains hydroxylapatite. They have bare heads with nuchal spines and their bodies are a distinctive, reflective silver, frequently imitated by fishermen using silver lures.