Taiwan Fish Database

Scientific Name

Secutor ruconius

Pronounce

by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS

Author

(Hamilton, 1822)

Depth

5 - 20M

Chinese

仰口鰏

Poisonous Fish

Family_Chinese

鰏科

Economic Fish

Yes

Family

F366　Leiognathidae

Edible Fish

Yes

Chinese In Mainland China

鹿斑仰口鰏(鹿斑鰏)

Max Length

8 cm

Aquarium Fish

Common Name

金錢仔、咪卯漲(澎湖)

Distribution in World

India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean

Distribution in Taiwan

East、West、South、North、PonFu

Habitats

Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon

Holotype Locality

India

Synonyms

Chanda ruconius, Equula ruconia, Equula ruconius, Leiognathus ruconius, Secutor ruconeus

Reference

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)

Francis Hamilton, (formerly Buchanan,) M. D. 1822

朱元鼎編 1984

朱元鼎編 1985

沈世傑編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993

Specimen List

ASIZP0900499. ...List all 60 records...

Barcode

2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%

2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%

Common Name

Silver belly; Pugnose soapy; Pugnose ponyfish; Pignose ponyfish; Deep pugnose ponyfish; Deep-bodied ponyfish; Deepbody ponyfish

Redlist Status

Not in IUCN Redlist

Characteristic

Body oval, compressed and very deep, its depth 1.4 to 1.7 times in standard length. Head strongly concave above eye. Mouth pointing upward when protracted. Scales on cheek; breast fully scaly, including isthmus. Body silvery, with about 11-15 bluish vertical bars on back extending to a little below lateral line; a prominent curved black band running from lower margin of eye to beyond posterior angle of lower jaw; membrane between second and fifth dorsal-fin spines black on upper third portion; soft part of dorsal and anal fins colourless; caudal fin partly yellow; underside of pectoral-fin base black.

habitats

Found in coastal waters down to depths of about 15 m; predominantly near the bottom. Enters estuaries and rivers. Forms schools. Feeds on small crustaceans.

Distribution

Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from tropical Indian Ocean and southeast Asia, north to Taiwan and China, south to northern Australia. Also reported from New Caledonia. It is found in western and southern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.

Utility

Marketed fresh or dried-salted, but mostly treated as trash fish and converted to fishmeal or used as food for ducks or for farmed fish.