53 Species in Family Leiognathidae
Nominal species list for Leiognathidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aurigequula fasciata (Lacepède, 1803) Striped ponyfish
Aurigequula longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835) Longspine ponyfish
Aurigequula striata (James & Badrudeen, 1991) Striated ponyfish
Deveximentum hanedai (Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989)
Deveximentum indicium (Monkolprasit, 1973)
Deveximentum insidiator (Bloch, 1787) Pugnose ponyfish
Deveximentum interruptum (Valenciennes, 1835) Pig-nosed pony-fish
Deveximentum mazavasaoka (Baldwin & Sparks, 2011)
Deveximentum megalolepis (Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989) Bigscale ponyfish
Deveximentum mekranense Alavi-Yeganeh, Khajavi & Kimura, 2021 Mekran ponyfish
Deveximentum ruconius (Hamilton, 1822) Deep pugnose ponyfish
Eubleekeria jonesi (James, 1971) Jones' pony fish
Eubleekeria kupanensis (Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005) Kupang pony fish
Eubleekeria rapsoni (Munro, 1964) Rapson's ponyfish
Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829) Splendid ponyfish
Equulites aethopos Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 Red Sea elongate ponyfish
Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) Berber ponyfish
Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) Slender ponyfish
Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898) Klunzinger's ponyfish
Equulites laterofenestra (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007)
Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860) Whipfin ponyfish
Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) Ornate ponyfish
Equulites macrolepis Suzuki, Osmany & Kimura, 2023 Largescale ponyfish
Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835) Oblong ponyfish
Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932) Pope's ponyfish
Equulites rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Equulites ryukyuensis Kimura & Suzuki, 2023 Okinawan whip-fin ponyfish
Gazza achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917 Smalltoothed ponyfish
Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835) Ovoid toothpony
Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795) Toothpony
Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita & Iwatsuki, 2000 Rhomboid toothpony
Gazza squamiventralis Yamashita & Kimura, 2001 Scaled belly toothpony
Karalla daura (Cuvier, 1829) Goldstripe ponyfish
Karalla dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) Dussumier's ponyfish
Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835) Shortnose ponyfish
Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775) Common ponyfish
Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835)
Leiognathus robustus Sparks & Dunlap, 2004
Nuchequula blochii (Valenciennes, 1835) Twoblotch ponyfish
Nuchequula flavaxilla Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008 Yellowspotted ponyfish
Nuchequula gerreoides (Bleeker, 1851) Decorated ponyfish
Nuchequula glenysae Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008
Nuchequula longicornis Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008
Nuchequula mannusella Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2007
Nuchequula nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Spotnape ponyfish
Photolateralis antongil (Sparks, 2006)
Photolateralis moretoniensis (Ogilby, 1912) Moreton Bay ponyfish
Photolateralis polyfenestrus Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2019
Photolateralis stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907) Oblong slipmouth
Photopectoralis aureus (Abe & Haneda, 1972) Golden ponyfish
Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) Orangefin ponyfish
Photopectoralis hataii (Abe & Haneda, 1972) Hatai's ponyfish
Photopectoralis panayensis (Kimura & Dunlap, 2003) Panay ponyfish
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