Short nose pony fish

Family name: LEIOGNATHIDAE

English name: Short nose pony fish

Characteristics:

• Body oval and compressed, dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex, the former showing a distinct notch at the commencement of the “nuchal crest”.
• Head and breast scale less.
• Belly silvery; back with dark, wavy vertical lines; a brown blotch on nape; distal part of spinous dorsal fin grey in adults.
• Maximum size: 13.5 cm.

Distribution: Caught south of Hormuz Island.