Common ponyfish

Common ponyfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Leiognathus
Species:
L. equula
Binomial name
Leiognathus equula
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775
  • Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795
  • Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795)
  • Leiognathus argenteus Lacépède, 1802
  • Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula totta Cuvier, 1829
  • Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835
  • Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901

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.

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