Scientific Name	Gazza achlamys   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Starks, 1917	Depth	1 - 40M
Chinese	寬身牙鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	裸牙鰏
Max Length	16.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	金錢仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Synonyms	Gazza shettyi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1917 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kimura, R. S. Kimura, H. Yoshigo, etc. 2006
Specimen List	ASIZP0061256. ASIZP0065681. ASIZP0065682. ASIZP0065683. ASIZP0065684. NTUM05764. NTUM05765. NTUM07018.
Common Name	Silvertooth ponyfish; Smalltoothed ponyfish; Silver toothed-ponyfish; Naked toothpony; Large-toothed ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, moderately deep and somewhat compressed, its depth 1.9 to 2.2 times in SL. Mouth pointing forward when protracted, with distinct caninform teeth in both jaws. Head scaleless; scales on body absent anterior to a line from origin of soft dorsal fin to behind pectoral-fin base and thence on towards tip of depressed pelvic fins. A single dorsal fin with VIII and 16 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 14 soft rays; caudal fin forked. Body silvery, back greyish to bluish, with dark yellow, irregular marks extending to a little below lateral line; black dots all over ventral half of body and head.
habitats	Found over sandy or muddy bottoms of coastal inshore waters than 40 m depth. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes. Forms schools.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, including Sri Lanka and from Taiwan to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.It is found in southwestern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Larger specimens marketed fresh or dried-salted but most of the catch made into fishmeal or discarded.