Common ponyfish

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]

Common ponyfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
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