Leiognathidae

Goldstripe ponyfish

Karalla daura

Schooling over muddy substrates

• Black
• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Karalla daura, the goldstripe ponyfish, black slipmouth, black-finned slipmouth or pugnose pony, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of Aden to the Philippines. It is found in shallow water, mainly over muddy substrates where it normally occurs in schools.