Spotnape ponyfish

Nuchequula nuchalis

Leiognathid Fish beneath Taiwanese Waters

Spotnape ponyfish is a fish found around Northwest Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Nuchequula
Maximum length: 25 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan and from Fujian south to the Gulf of Tong King. Questionably from the Western Central Pacific (Ref. 47581 ).

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