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Scientific Name: Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonym: 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: Teleostei
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:
Inhabits in estuaries and rivers. Also found in the mouth of the river Ganges.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; amphidromous)
Comments:
It is also found in marine envirment
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.
