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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Leiognathidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 341014 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775) |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
 Expected distribution shown as red polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [219] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) @CSIRO 2021 | ||
| Family: | Leiognathidae (Ponyfishes) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Common Ponyfish | |
| Common Names List: | Common Ponyfish narrow-banded ponyfish | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Leiognathus equulus | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-50m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 341901
Leiognathus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a ponyfish |
| Scientific Name Notes: | From AFD draft text July 2018 "name is derived from the Latin noun equula = young female horse, equulus is an incorrect spelling" | ||||||
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