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Scientific Name: Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonym: Scomber equula, Leiognathus equulus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Common ponyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Taka chanda (টাকা চান্দা), Dim taka chanda (ডিম টাকা চান্দা)
Photo: Ricky Taylor(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Description:
The fish has a very deep and compressed body, with a strongly humped back, and the body depth measuring 1.7–1.9 times the standard length. The head and breast are scaleless. In terms of coloration, adults have a greyish back and silvery belly, with close-set faint bars on the back and sides. There is a dark brown saddle on the caudal peduncle, and the axil of the pectoral fins is grey to black. Additionally, the margin of the soft dorsal fin is black. In juveniles (5–7 cm TL), thin, closely arranged, grey vertical lines descend from the back to about midheight, and the membrane between the anal fin spines is conspicuously yellow.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, Freshwater
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
