Scientific Name	Equulites leuciscus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Günther, 1860)	Depth	1 - 70M
Chinese	曳絲馬鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	曳絲馬鰏
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	金錢仔、兵葉仔(澎湖)、方葉仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Amboina
Synonyms	Equula leuciscus, Equula longispina, Equulites novae Hollandiae, Equulites novaehollandiae, Leiognathus edwardsi, Leiognathus leuciscus, Leiognathus vermiculatus, Liognathus hastatus, Photoplagios leuciscus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0071550. ASIZP0074786. ASIZP0080001. ASIZP0807315. ASIZP0917315. FRIP00612. NMMBP01088. NMNSF01593. NTMP0693. NTMP0954. NTUM05709. NTUM05710. NTUM05711. NTUM05712.
Barcode	2016-01-20,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Whipfin ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body only moderately deep, compressed, its depth 2 to 3 times in standard length; dorsal and ventral profiles almost equally convex. Mouth pointing downward when protracted. Second dorsal-fin spine elongate, and second anal-fin spine slightly elongate. Head scaleless; scales present on breast. Body silvery; back with irregular, partly semicircular, greyish green vermiculations; a row of oval yellow blotches below lateral line in larger fish; membrane between dorsal-fin spines yellow at midheight, edge of soft part of dorsal fin also yellow, superimposed with light grey; anal fin of similar colour to dorsal fin; posterior margin of caudal fin yellowish; males usually with a triangular bluish patch on side of belly.
habitats	Inhabits coastal inshore waters over bottoms of muddy sand at depths of 10 to 50 m. Feeds mainly on polychaetes, small shrimps, and other crustaceans. Schooling. A flighty species during the day.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 2871, 5213, 30573), including Madagascar and Seychelles eastward to India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia; southeast to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Utility	Marketed fresh or dried-salted for human consumption; but surplus fish used to feed ducks, converted to fishmeal, or discarded.