Large-toothed Ponyfish
Gazza achlamys
- Usual depth5–26 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 18 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–26 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Large-toothed Ponyfish, naked-toothed ponyfish, Naked Toothpony, Ponyfish, Silver Toothed-ponyfish, Silvertooth Ponyfish, Smalltoothed Ponyfish
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Motambo Liso
- French
- Sapsap Nu
- Japanese
- Omekobanhiiragi, オオメコバンヒイラギ
- Thai
- ปลาแป้นเขี้ยวกลม
- Simplified Chinese
- 寬身牙鰏, 裸牙鰏, 金錢仔
Other scientific names: Gazza shettyi
Similar species
- Toothpony
Gazza minuta
- Long-spined Pony-fish
Equulites leuciscus
- Orangefin ponyfish
Photopectoralis bindus
pugnose ponyfishDeveximentum insidiator
- Elongate Ponyfish
Equulites elongatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 53 open-data records from 1914 to 2008.
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