''Leiognathus'' is a

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of marine

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es,

ponyfish Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoo ...

es from the

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Leiognathidae Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoo ...

. They are native to the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

and the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

. They are sometimes known as silverbellies.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Leiognathus berbis ''Leiognathus berbis'', the Berber ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is found in brackish and marine waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Zanzibar ...

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, 1835) (Berber ponyfish) * ''

Leiognathus brevirostris ''Leiognathus brevirostris'', commonly known as the shortnose ponyfish, is a ray-finned fish of brackish and marine waters found from Indo-West Pacific to the Indian coasts and off Sri Lanka to China and south of Australia. Like its relatives, th ...

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, 1835) (Shortnose ponyfish) * ''

Leiognathus equulus ''Leiognathus equula'', Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218459 on 2023-11-16 ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Common ponyfish) * ''

Leiognathus longispinis ''Leiognathus longispinis'', commonly known as the longspine- or Smithurst's ponyfish, is a fish of brackish and marine waters found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, from India through Malaysia and Indonesia south to northern Australia a ...

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, 1835) (Longspine ponyfish) * ''

Leiognathus parviceps ''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are currently 7 recogni ...

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, 1835) * ''

Leiognathus robustus ''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are currently 7 recogni ...

'' Sparks & Dunlap, 2004 * ''

Leiognathus striatus ''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are currently 7 recogni ...

'' P. S. B. R. James & Badrudeen, 1991

References

Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of the Pacific Ocean Bioluminescent fish {{Leiognathidae-stub