Leiognathus is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. All the species can separated by other fish due to silver colored body and presence of a nuchal crest just before the dorsal fin starts in forehead region. The fish are commonly known as Silverbelly due to silver colored bodies.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0