Leiognathidae

Elongate ponyfish

Equulites elongatus

Leiognathid Fish from the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

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.