Elongate Ponyfish

Equulites elongatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth38–107 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

Equulites elongatus, the slender ponyfish, also called the elongate ponyfish, elongate slimy or elongated slipmouth, is a marine fish of the family Leiognathidae native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 10 records
February: 21 records
March: 2 records
April: 19 records
May: 8 records
June: 23 records
July: 4 records
August: 100 records
September: 105 records
October: 123 records
November: 19 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 38–107 m · Deepest record: 200 m

0–10 m: 12 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 28 records
40–50 m: 65 records
50–60 m: 83 records
60–70 m: 58 records
70–80 m: 38 records
80–90 m: 49 records
90–100 m: 13 records
100–110 m: 14 records
110+ m: 37 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 362 records
28–30 °C: 31 records

Names and classification

English: Elongate Ponyfish, Ponyfish, slender ponyfish

Names in 4 more languages

Japanese: ヒメヒイラギ
Korean: 왜주둥치
Thai: ปลาแป้นกระสวย, ปลาแป้นยาว
Simplified Chinese: 金錢仔, 長身馬鰏, 長身鰏, 長鰏

Other scientific names: Equula elongata, Leiognathus elongatus, Leiognathus elongus, Leiognathus popei, Macilentichthys elongatus, Photoplagios elongatus

Similar species

Long-spined Pony-fish
Equulites leuciscus
Orangefin ponyfish
Photopectoralis bindus
pugnose ponyfish
Deveximentum insidiator
Deveximentum ruconius
Black-tipped Pony-fish
Eubleekeria splendens
Toothpony
Gazza minuta

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
905 open-data records from 1910 to 2017.

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