Common ponyfish
Leiognathus equula
- Usual depth1–40 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Leiognathus equula, the common ponyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It may also sometimes be referred to as Leiognathus argenteus, which is a junior synonym to L. equula.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Common ponyfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 18 records
- February: 30 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 23 records
- May: 206 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 22 records
- August: 50 records
- September: 38 records
- October: 28 records
- November: 63 records
- December: 18 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–40 m · Deepest record: 332.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Common ponyfish, greater ponyfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Sapsap commun
- Japanese
- Seitakahiiragi, セイタカヒイラギ
- Simplified Chinese
- 狗腰, 短棘鰏, 金錢仔
Other scientific names: Equula caballa, Equula edentula, Equula ensifera, Equula totta, Leiognathus argenteus, Leiognathus edentulus, Leiognathus equulus, Leiognathus obscura, Scomber edentulus, Scomber equula
Similar species
- sap-sap
Leiognathus brevirostris
- 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,954 open-data records from 1900 to 2023.
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