Scientific Name	Leiognathus berbis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1835)	Depth	1 - 40M
Chinese	細紋鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	細紋鰏
Max Length	11 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	金錢仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Equula berbis, Leiognathus oblongus, Scomber equula minimus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1835 朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058984. ASIZP0059087. ASIZP0059841. ASIZP0060107. ASIZP0060463. ASIZP0063368. ASIZP0065212. ASIZP0065685. ASIZP0074797. ASIZP0080338. ASIZP0700032. ASIZP0801114. ASIZP0911114. FRIP00601. FRIP00604. NMMBP01899. NMMBP05271. NMMBP05517. NMMBP06099. NMMSTP01538. NMNSF00181. NMNSF00457. NMNSF00485. NMNSF00892. NMNSF00948. NMNSF00981. NMNSF01251. NTMP0180. NTMP0252. NTMP0446. NTMP0972. NTUM04104. NTUM05694. NTUM05695. NTUM05696. NTUM05697. NTUM05698. ...List all 40 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Scrawled ponyfish; Yellowfin ponyfish; Berber ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate and compressed, its depth 2.3 to 2.8 times in standard length; dorsal and ventral profiles about equally convex, but a more or less distinct notch present at nape. Mouth pointing downward when protracted; teeth arranged in villiform bands, though these may contract to a single row laterally in young specimens. Dorsal-fin spines slender, the second equal to or, in adults, slightly longer than 1/2 height of body. Head scaleless, but scales present on breast. Belly silvery; back greenish to brownish with light grey, crowded, irregular vermiculations extending on sides to slightly below lateral line, where lines become serially arranged and angle forward; snout and underside of pectoral-fin base dotted black; dorsal, anal, pectoral, and pelvic fins colourless.
habitats	Inhabits inshore coastal waters. Feeds on small crustaceans and bivalves.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, off Zanzibar, along the Indian coasts and off Sri Lanka. Elsewhere, eastern Indian Ocean and southeast Asia. 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.