Leiognathidae

Equulites berbis

Equulites klunzingeri

Leiognathid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Equulites klunzingeri, or Klunzinger's ponyfish, is a marine, demersal species of ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae which was originally found only in the Red Sea. It is colonizing the Mediterranean as part of the Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.