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Leiognathidae
Common ponyfish
Leiognathus equula
Leiognathid Fish of the Persian Gulf
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Deep-bodied
MediumLeiognathus equula, the common ponyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It may also sometimes be referred to as Leiognathus argenteus, which is a junior synonym to L. equula.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Leiognathidae
- Genus
- Leiognathus
- Maximum length
- 28 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa (including Reunion, Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius) to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
