Leiognathus equula,[3] the common ponyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It occurs in brackish and marine waters from East Africa to Fiji in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, Red Sea and Persian Gulf.[2]

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Common ponyfish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Leiognathus
Species:
L. equula
Binomial name
Leiognathus equula
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775
  • Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795
  • Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus argenteus Lacépède, 1802
  • Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula totta Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835
  • Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901
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