Leiognathus brevirostris, commonly known as the shortnose ponyfish, is a ray-finned fish of brackish and marine waters found from Indo-West Pacific to the Indian coasts and off Sri Lanka to China and south of Australia. Like its relatives, the fish is an amphidromous, demersal species which feeds on diatoms, copepods, Lucifer, nematodes and polychaetes. The fish has eight dorsal spines, sixteen dorsal soft rays, three anal spines and fourteen anal soft rays. Fresh specimens possess a golden gleam which fades with dryness.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Leiognathus |
| Species: | L. brevirostris
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| Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835)
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References
edit- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2009). "Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiognathus brevirostris". FishBase. July 2015 version.
External links
edit- Classification
- Biology and fishery of Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes) from the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar
- Shortnose ponyfish
- Observations on the diet of the silverbelly Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes 1835) from Kerala coast
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