Leiognathidae, T.N.Gill, 1893

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 126-129

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scientific name

Leiognathidae
status

 

Leiognathidae View in CoL View at ENA

(ponyfishes)

Aurigequula fasciatus ( Lacepède, 1803) Threadfin Ponyfish View in CoL Clupea fasciata Lacepède, 1803: 460 View in CoL , 463 ( Mauritius). Equula serrulifera View in CoL — Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory). Equula fasciata View in CoL —Munro 1958: 135 (NT). Leiognathus fasciatus View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote

Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 1180 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N

coast). Leiognathus fasciata — Jones 1985: 589 (Darwin); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea).

Aurigequula longispinus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Longspine Ponyfish

Equula longispinus Valenciennes , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 94 (Waigeo).

Equula smithursti Ramsay and Ogilby 1886b: 11 View in CoL (Hood Lagoon, Papua New Guinea).

Leiognathus smithursti View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 599 (Arafura Sea); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea).

Leiognathus longispinus Hoese et al. 2006: 1181 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

SE of Cape Shield (AMS material).

Equulites elongatus ( Günther, 1874) View in CoL

Elongate Ponyfish

Equula elongata Günther, 1874: 369 View in CoL (North Celebes).

Leiognathus elongatus View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 584 (Timor Sea); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Ramm 1997: 17 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 1179 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

? Leiognathus stercorarius View in CoL — Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea).

The two small specimens, not in best condition, listed as L. stercorarius View in CoL by Russell and Houston (1986) possibly belong to this species.

Equulites leuciscus ( Günther, 1860) View in CoL

Whipfin Ponyfish

Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860: 503 (Amboina) View in CoL .

Leiognathus leuciscus View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 592 (Arafura Sea, NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1992: 9 (off Bing Bong Creek); Hoese et al. 2006: 1180 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Leiognathus leucuscus [sic]— Ramm 1997: 17 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

SE of Sandy Island, Gulf of Carpentaria (AMS material).

Equulites mortoniensis Ogilby, 1912

Zigzag Ponyfish

Leiognathus moretoniensis Ogilby, 1912: 59 View in CoL (Moreton Bay, Qld).— Paradice and Whitley 1927: 84 (Pellew Islands); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1992: 9 (off Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (off Talc Head); Woodland et al. 2001: 2812 (across northern Australia … into Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 1181 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Equulites moretoniensis View in CoL — Whitley 1932c: 108 (Port Darwin; Pellew Islands). SE of Sandy Island, Gulf of Carpentaria (AMS material).

Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829) View in CoL

Blacktip Ponyfish

Equula splendens Cuvier View in CoL , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829b: 212 (Vizagapatam).

Leiognathus splendens View in CoL — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 84 (Pellew Islands; Darwin); Taylor 1964: 217 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Port Langdon; Port Bradshaw); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (off Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Cullen Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 1181 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835) View in CoL

Ovoid Ponyfish

Equula dentex Valenciennes View in CoL , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 91 ( Mauritius; Seychelles; Pondicherry; Ambon; Vanikoro).

Gazza minuta View in CoL — Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Yamashita et al. 1998: 273 (Northern Territory); Woodland et al. 2001: 2799 (northern Australia and map).

Gazza dentex View in CoL — Hoese et al. 2006: 1177 (NT; N coast; Sir Edward Pellew Group).

Gazza minuta ( Bloch, 1795) Toothed Ponyfish View in CoL Scomber minutus Bloch, 1795: 110 (Malabar, India). Gazza equuliformis — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 84 (Pellew Islands). Gazza minuta View in CoL — Taylor 1964: 216 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Port Bradshaw); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340

(Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (Bing Bong

Creek; Home Creek); Yamashita et al. 1998: 277 (Northern Territory); Woodland et al. 2001: 2799 (northern Australia and map); Hoese et al. 2006: 1177 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

SE of Sandy Island, Gulf of Carpentaria (AMS material).

Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita and Iwatsuki, 2000 View in CoL

Rhomboid Ponyfish

Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita and Iwatsuki, 2000: 2 View in CoL (Funauki Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. Non-type specimens in Kimura et al. (2000) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.

Leiognathus equulus ( Forsskål, 1775) Common Ponyfish View in CoL Equula equula Forsskål, 1775: 75 View in CoL (Red Sea). Equula edentula View in CoL — Castelnau 1873: 854 (Port Darwin). Leiognathus equula View in CoL — McCulloch 1929: 211 (Northern Territory); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Mindil Beach). Leiognathus equulus View in CoL — Taylor 1964: 214–215 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Port Langdon; Port Bradshaw);

Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Davis and May 1989: 159 (East Alligator

River mouth); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson

1997: 33 (off Pocock’s Beach); Larson 1999c: 28 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 35 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 43

(Kakadu); Larson 2002: 35 (Middle Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 1179 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Pellew Islands; Drimmie Arm, Gove (AMS material). Gerres sp. — Midgley 1973: appendix B (Cannon Hill Lagoon).

Leiognathus sp. Vermiculated Ponyfish Leiognathus sp. — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 604 (Arafura Sea, NT);

Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 358 (Fannie Bay, Darwin Harbour).

? Leiognathus sp.1 — Davis and May 1989: 159 (East Alligator River mouth).

Leiognathus sp. 2 — Woodland et al. 2001: 2823 (continental shelf of northern Australia; map).

Nuchequula gerreoides (Bleeker, 1851) View in CoL

Ornate Ponyfish

Equula gerreoides Bleeker, 1851d: 371 View in CoL (Jakarta, Java).

Leiognathus decorus View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 581 (Arafura Sea, NT; Groote Eylandt, Darwin etc); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (off Bing Bong Creek); Larson 1996: 10 (Roper River; off Nayarnpi Creek; Towns River); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Buffalo Creek area; Cullen Beach); Larson 1999c: 28 (off West Alligator Head); Larson 2000: 43 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1179 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Nuchequula gerreoides View in CoL — Kimura et al. 2008: 33 (Arnhem Bay; Melville Bay).

Nuchequula glenysae Kimura, Kimura and Ikejima, 2008 View in CoL

Twoblotch Ponyfish

Leiognathus blochii View in CoL —Gloerfeldt-Tarp and Kailola 1984: 333 (14° 20'S 136° 10'E); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Woodland et al. 2001: 2803 (northern Australia from Broome to Cape York); Hoese et al. 2006: 1179 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Nuchequula glenysae Kimura, Kimura and Ikejima, 2008: 36 View in CoL (east of Wellesley Island , Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland).

Paratypes from Arnhem Bay ; Tasman Point, Groote Eylandt.

Also from Liverpool River mouth, Maningrida.

Photopectoralis aureus Abe and Haneda, 1972 View in CoL

Golden Ponyfish

Leiognathus aureus Abe and Haneda, 1972: 3–5 ( Ambon) View in CoL .— Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 573 (Wessel Islands and northwest shelf); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1996: 10 (Towns River); Woodland et al. 2001: 2800 (Arafura Sea area); Hoese et al. 2006: 1178 (NT; N coast, Wessel Island).

Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) View in CoL

Orangefin Ponyfish

Equula bindus Valenciennes View in CoL , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 78 (Java).

Leiognathus bindus View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 576 (Arafura Sea, Melville Bay, NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (East Arm boat ramp reef); Hoese et al. 2006: 1178 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Leiognathus brevirostris View in CoL — Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek).

Liverpool River mouth, Maningrida.

Secutor insidiator ( Bloch, 1787) Pugnose Ponyfish View in CoL Zeus insidiator Bloch, 1787: 41–42 (Suratte, India). Secutor insidiator View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 608 (Arafura Sea);

Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Woods Inlet); Hoese et al.

2006: 1182 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

E of Cape Grey; SE of Sandy Island, Gulf of Carpentaria ( AMS material) .

Secutor interruptus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Deep Pugnose Ponyfish

Equula interrupta Valenciennes View in CoL , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 102 ( Pondicherry).— Günther 1860: 504 (Port Essington). Leiognathus ruconius View in CoL — Taylor 1964: 217 (Thompson Bay, Port Langdon).

Secutor ruconius View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 340 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Jones 1985: 611 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1996: 11 (Roper River area); Larson and Williams 1997: 359 (Buffalo Creek area); Larson 1997: 33 (off Pocock’s Beach); Larson 1999b: 35 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 43 (Kakadu); Woodland et al. 2001: 2822 (northern Australia; map); Larson 2002: 35 (West Alligator River).

Secutor interruptus View in CoL Hoese et al. 2006: 1182 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria). Liverpool River mouth, Maningrida .

Secutor megalolepis Mochizuki and Hayashi, 1989 View in CoL

Bigscale Ponyfish

Secutor megalolepis Mochizuki and Hayashi, 1989: 86 View in CoL (Songkhla, Thailand).

Four lots from Raft Point, Bynoe Harbour; Grose Island, Waters Point, Port Patterson.

New record for the NT (NTM S.16131-024, S.16120-010, S.16119-017, S.16152-002).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Leiognathidae

Loc

Leiognathidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P. 2013
2013
Loc

Nuchequula gerreoides

Kimura, S. & Ikejima, K. 2008: 33
2008
Loc

Nuchequula glenysae

Kimura, S. & Ikejima, K. 2008: 36
2008
Loc

Leiognathus longispinus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1181
2006
Loc

Gazza dentex

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1177
2006
Loc

Secutor interruptus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1182
2006
Loc

Leiognathus sp. 2

Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2823
2001
Loc

Gazza rhombea

Kimura, S. & Yamashita, T. & Iwatsuki Y 2000: 2
2000
Loc

Leiognathus leucuscus

Ramm, D. C. 1997: 17
1997
Loc

Gazza minuta

Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2799
Yamashita, T. & Kimura, S. & Iwatsuki, Y. 1998: 273
Blaber, S. J. M. & Brewer, D. T. & Salini, J. P. 1992: 8
1992
Loc

Leiognathus stercorarius

Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
1989
Loc

Leiognathus sp.1

Davis, T. L. O. & May, J. L. 1989: 159
1989
Loc

Secutor megalolepis

Mochizuki, K. & Hayashi, M. 1989: 86
1989
Loc

Leiognathus brevirostris

Davis, T. L. O. 1988: 164
1988
Loc

Leiognathus smithursti

Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 599
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus elongatus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1179
Ramm, D. C. 1997: 17
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 584
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus leuciscus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1180
Larson, H. K. 1992: 9
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 592
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus sp.

Jones, G. 1985: 604
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus decorus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1179
Larson, H. K. 2000: 43
Larson, H. K. 1999: 28
Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Larson, H. K. 1996: 10
Blaber, S. J. M. & Brewer, D. T. & Salini, J. P. 1992: 8
Larson, H. K. 1992: 9
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 581
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus blochii

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1179
Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2803
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus bindus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1178
Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 576
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Secutor ruconius

Larson, H. K. 2002: 35
Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2822
Larson, H. K. 2000: 43
Larson, H. K. 1999: 35
Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Larson, H. K. 1996: 11
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 611
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
1984
Loc

Leiognathus aureus Abe and Haneda, 1972: 3–5 ( Ambon )

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1178
Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2800
Larson, H. K. 1996: 10
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Jones, G. 1985: 573
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Haneda, Y. 1972: 5
1972
Loc

Equulites moretoniensis

Whitley, G. P. 1932: 108
1932
Loc

Leiognathus splendens

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1181
Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Blaber, S. J. M. & Brewer, D. T. & Salini, J. P. 1992: 8
Larson, H. K. 1992: 9
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Taylor, W. R. 1964: 217
Paradice, W. E. J. & Whitley, G. P. 1927: 84
1927
Loc

Leiognathus moretoniensis

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 1181
Woodland, D. J. & Premcharoen, S. & Cabanban, A. S. 2001: 2812
Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Larson, H. K. 1992: 9
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 82
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Paradice, W. E. J. & Whitley, G. P. 1927: 84
Ogilby, J. D. 1912: 59
1912
Loc

Equula smithursti

Ramsay, E. P. & Ogilby, J. D. 1886: 11
1886
Loc

Equula elongata Günther, 1874: 369

Gunther, A. 1874: 369
1874
Loc

Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860: 503 (Amboina)

Gunther, A. 1860: 503
1860
Loc

Equula gerreoides

Bleeker, P. 1851: 371
1851
Loc

Equula longispinus

Cuvier, G. L. & Valenciennes, A. 1835: 94
1835
Loc

Equula dentex

Cuvier, G. L. & Valenciennes, A. 1835: 91
1835
Loc

Equula bindus

Cuvier, G. L. & Valenciennes, A. 1835: 78
1835
Loc

Equula interrupta

Taylor, W. R. 1964: 217
Gunther, A. 1860: 504
Cuvier, G. L. & Valenciennes, A. 1835: 102
1835
Loc

Equula splendens

Cuvier, G. L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829: 212
1829
Loc

Aurigequula fasciatus ( Lacepède, 1803 )

Blaber, S. J. M. & Brewer, D. T. & Salini, J. P. 1992: 8
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Zietz, A. H. C. 1891: 2
Lacepede, B. G. 1803: 460
1803
Loc

Gazza minuta ( Bloch, 1795 )

Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Taylor, W. R. 1964: 216
Paradice, W. E. J. & Whitley, G. P. 1927: 84
Bloch, M. E. 1795: 110
1795
Loc

Secutor insidiator ( Bloch, 1787 )

Jones, G. 1985: 608
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 340
Bloch, M. E. 1787: 42
1787
Loc

Leiognathus equulus ( Forsskål, 1775 )

Larson, H. K. & Williams, R. S. 1997: 359
Taylor, W. R. 1964: 214
McCulloch, A. R. 1929: 211
Castelnau 1873: 854
Forsskal, P. 1775: 75
1775
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