Scientific Name	Leiognathus equulus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	10 - 110M
Chinese	短棘鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	短棘鰏
Max Length	24 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗腰、金錢仔、三角仔(澎湖)、三角鐵(澎湖)、狗扁(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Lohaja, Red Sea
Synonyms	Equula caballa, Equula edentula, Equula ensifera, Equula totta, Leiognathus argenteus, Leiognathus edentulus, Leiognathus equula, Leiognathus obscura, Scomber edentulus, Scomber equula
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Lee, C. F. etc. 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0057300. ASIZP0057654. ASIZP0057690. ASIZP0057691. ASIZP0061988. ASIZP0061990. ASIZP0063370. ASIZP0064843. ASIZP0064932. ASIZP0065689. ASIZP0065690. ASIZP0071544. ASIZP0071980. ASIZP0074234. ASIZP0074527. ASIZP0074978. ASIZP0076166. ASIZP0080842. ASIZP0800256. ASIZP0800317. ASIZP0802596. ASIZP0802597. ASIZP0802598. ASIZP0807081. ASIZP0807578. ASIZP0807682. ASIZP0900132. ASIZP0900462. ASIZP0910256. ASIZP0912596. ASIZP0912597. ASIZP0916905. ASIZP0917081. ASIZP0917578. ASIZP0917682. FRIP00610. FRIP22086. ...List all 61 records...
Barcode	2011-07-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Slimy soapy; Slimy; Slipmouth; Pony fish; Common slipmouth; Common ponyfish; Greater ponyfish; Greater pony fish; Narrowbanded ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body deep and compressed, with strongly arched (almost angular) back; 1.7-1.9 in SL. Head naked; nuchal spine present; mouth pointing downward when protracted. 2nd dorsal spine not elongated; pelvic fins reaching to anal fin origin or nearly so. Body silvery, with faint, narrow, vertical lines above lateral line; a small brown saddle on caudal peduncle; soft dorsal fin with black margin; pectoral fin axil dusky, covered by fin; all other fins colourless or slightly grey.
habitats	Found in river mouths and muddy inshore areas, often in mangrove areas. Adults move in schools. Frequently ascends into freshwater reaches of rivers. Active by day. Feeds on polychaetes, small crustaceans, small fishes and worms.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Reunion, Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. It is found in western and southwestern Taiwanese waters, and Pe
Utility	Important food fish in the tropics. Marketed fresh or dried.