Striped ponyfish

Striped ponyfish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Leiognathidae
Genus:	Aurigequula; Fowler, 1918
Species:	A. fasciata
Binomial name
	Aurigequula fasciata; (Lacépède, 1803)
Synonyms
	Clupea fasciata Lacépède, 1803; Equula fasciata (Lacépède, 1803); Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacépède, 1803); Equula cara G. Cuvier, 1829; Equula filigera Valenciennes, 1835; Equula serrulifera J. Richardson, 1848; Equula asina De Vis, 1884;

Aurigequula fasciata, the Striped ponyfish, is a species of ponyfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in coastal marine and brackish waters. It occurs at depths of from 20 to 50 metres (66 to 164 ft). It is a predator upon smaller fishes, small crustaceans and polychaete worms. This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL though most do not exceed 17 centimetres (6.7 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

References

^ Larson, H. 2012. Aurigequula fasciata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 January 2014.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aurigequula fasciata". FishBase. December 2013 version.

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[1] Larson, H. 2012. Aurigequula fasciata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 January 2014.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aurigequula fasciata". FishBase. December 2013 version.

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