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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. |
Species Information | |
Size | 280mm or 11" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
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 |
Husbandry Information | |
Feeding | Feed on polychaetes, small crustaceans, small fishes and worms. User data. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 58, xii. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2021 Jan 10 07:52 (species record created: 2014 Nov 16 03:42) |