Striped ponyfish

The striped ponyfish (Aurigequula fasciata) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa to Fiji and Samoa, 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]

Striped ponyfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Leiognathidae
Genus:	Aurigequula Fowler, 1918
Species:	A. fasciata
Binomial name
Aurigequula fasciata (Lacépède, 1803)
Synonyms[2]
Clupea fasciata Lacepède, 1803 Equula fasciata (Lacepède, 1803) Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803) Equula cara Cuvier, 1829 Equula filigera Valenciennes, 1835 Equula serrulifera Richardson, 1848 Equula asina De Vis, 1884