Photopectoralis bindus

Photopectoralis bindus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Photopectoralis
Species:
P. bindus
Binomial name
Photopectoralis bindus
(Valenciennes, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
  • Equula brevirostris Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  • Equula bindus Valenciennes (ex Russell) in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  • Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835)
  • Leiognathus virgatus Fowler, 1904

Photopectoralis bindus, commonly known as the shortnose ponyfish or orangefin ponyfish, is a ray-finned fish of brackish and marine waters found from Indo-West Pacific to the Indian coasts and off Sri Lanka to China and south of Australia. Like its relatives, the fish is an amphidromous, demersal species which feeds on diatoms, copepods, Lucifer, nematodes and polychaetes. The fish has eight dorsal spines, sixteen dorsal soft rays, three anal spines and fourteen anal soft rays. Fresh specimens possess a golden gleam which fades with dryness.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kimura, S.; Cabasan, J.P.; Santos, M.; Carpenter, K.E.; Bucol, A. (2024). "Photopectoralis bindus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T50903077A53991087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T50903077A53991087.en. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Photopectoralis bindus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiognathus brevirostris". FishBase. July 2015 version.


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