Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Leiognathidae > Aurigequula > Aurigequula fasciata

Aurigequula fasciata (Thread-finned ponyfish; Threadfin ponyfish; Striped slipmouth; Striped ponyfish; Pony fish; Broad-banded ponyfish; Broadbanded ponyfish; Banded ponyfish; Ponyfish ; Slipmouth; Slimy; Soapy)

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Language: Agutaynen; Arabic; Banton; Bikol; Cebuano; Chavacano; Creole, French; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Javanese; Kapampangan; Korean; Kumak; Kuyunon; Mahl; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Marathi; Oriya; Pangasinan; Portuguese; Samoan; Spanish; Tagalog; Telugu; Thai; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve 123722 Viet Nam  
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Haliotrema surculocirrus[1]
Polylabris carnarvoensis <Unverified Name>[1]
Polylabris carnarvonensis[2]
Tegorhynchus holospinosus[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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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