Pope's ponyfish

Equulites popei

Leiognathid Fish from Indo West Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Equulites popei, Pope's ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution which extends from the Red Sea east to the western Pacific Ocean. It has entered the Mediterranean as a Lessepsian migrant.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Equulites
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east coast of Africa (Mozambique, Oman) and the Red Sea (a Lessepsian migrant, Golani et al, 2011) to the Philippines; north to Japan (including Okinawa), Thailand (Gulf of Thailand); south to Malaysia (Sabah).

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