Ponyfish

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The ponyfishes also known as slipmouths or slimys are a small family, Leiognathidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.["Leiognathidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

Species

• Genus Gazza Rüppell, 1835
• * Smalltoothed ponyfish, Gazza achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917.
• * Ovoid toothpony, Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Toothpony, Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795).
• * Rhomboid toothpony, Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita & Iwatsuki, 2000.
• * Scaled belly toothpony, Gazza squamiventralis Yamashita & Kimura, 2001.
• Genus Leiognathus Lacépède, 1802
• * Golden ponyfish, Leiognathus aureus Abe & Haneda, 1972.
• * Berber ponyfish, Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Orangefin ponyfish, Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Twoblotch ponyfish, Leiognathus blochii (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Shortnose ponyfish, Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Goldstripe ponyfish, Leiognathus daura (Cuvier, 1829).
• * Decorated ponyfish, Leiognathus decorus (De Vis, 1884).
• * Dussumier's ponyfish, Leiognathus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Slender ponyfish, Leiognathus elongatus (Günther, 1874).
• * Common ponyfish, Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775).
• * Striped ponyfish, Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacépède, 1803).
• * Hatai's ponyfish, Leiognathus hataii Abe & Haneda, 1972.
• * Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898).
• * Leiognathus kupanensis Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005.
• * Whipfin ponyfish, Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860).
• * Ornate ponyfish, Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Moreton Bay ponyfish, Leiognathus moretoniensis Ogilby, 1912.
• * Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
• * Oblong ponyfish, Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Leiognathus pan Wongratana, 1988.
• * Panay ponyfish, Leiognathus panayensis Kimura & Dunlap, 2003.
• * Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Rapson's ponyfish, Leiognathus rapsoni Munro, 1964.
• * Leiognathus rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
• * Smithurst's ponyfish, Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886).
• * Leiognathus spilotus Fowler, 1904.
• * Splendid ponyfish, Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier, 1829).
• * Oblong slipmouth, Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907.
• * Leiognathus striatus James & Badrudeen, 1991.
• Genus Secutor Gistel, 1848
• * Secutor hanedai Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989.
• * Secutor indicius Monkolprasit, 1973.
• * Pugnose ponyfish, Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787).
• * Secutor interruptus (Valenciennes, 1835).
• * Secutor megalolepis Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989.
• * Deep pugnose ponyfish, Secutor ruconius (Hamilton, 1822).

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