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Scientific Name Leiognathus equula    (Forsskål, 1775)
Common Name Common Ponyfish
Type Locality [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea.
Etymology Leiognathus: Greek, leios = smooth + Greek, gnathos = jaw. 
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Size 280mm or 11" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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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.
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Feeding Feed on polychaetes, small crustaceans, small fishes and worms. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 58, xii.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Nov 16 03:42)