Scientific Name	Photopectoralis bindus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1835)	Depth	10 - 100M
Chinese	黃斑光胸鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃斑光胸鰏
Max Length	11 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	碗米仔、金錢仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vizagapatam, India
Synonyms	Equula bindus, Leiognathus bindus, Leiognathus virgatus, Leiognatus bindus
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	ASIZP0057299. ASIZP0057565. ASIZP0057686. ASIZP0058713. ASIZP0059288. ASIZP0059496. ASIZP0059840. ASIZP0060529. ASIZP0061693. ASIZP0061951. ASIZP0061964. ASIZP0062323. ASIZP0062324. ASIZP0066612. ASIZP0074788. ASIZP0700082. ASIZP0801770. ASIZP0900141. ASIZP0900374. ASIZP0900381. ASIZP0900426. ASIZP0900438. ASIZP0911770. ASIZP0916915. FRIP00600. FRIP03170. FRIP21022. NMMBP00106. NMMBP00949. NMMBP01306. NMMBP02104. NMMBP02626. NMMBP02702. NMMBP03586. NMMBP03622. NMMBP03804. NMMBP03809. ...List all 59 records...
Common Name	Orangefin slipmouth; Orange ponyfish; Orangetipped ponyfish; Orangefin ponyfish; Orange-tipped ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body deep and strongly compressed, its depth 1.8 to 1.9 times in standard length; ventral profile at least as equally convex as dorsal profile, in larger specimens even more strongly convex. Mouth pointing forward to slightly downward when protracted; single row of uniform conical teeth in each jaw. Head scaleless, but conspicuous scales present on breast. Body silvery, with short dark vermiculations on back; tip of snout, head, and ventral half of body with grey dots which tend to be arranged in rows midlaterally; spinous part of dorsal fin black at 1/2 height, above which the membrane between second and fifth spines bears a bright orange blotch which turns yellow on preservation in formalin; soft dorsal-fin margin grey; faint yellow on distal part of membrane of spinous anal fin; pectoral, pelvic, and caudal fins colourless.
habitats	Found over muddy sand bottoms of coastal inshore waters. Often enters estuaries. Forms schools.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea (Port Sudan), Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh; north to Japan; south to the Arafura Sea and Australia. Also reported from New Caledonia. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	Larger specimens marketed fresh or dried-salted but most of the catch made into fishmeal or discarded.