Author: (Steindachner, 1898)

Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)

Diagnosis: body oblong, compressed; depth 2.4 and head 3.6 in SL; snout 2.8 in head; eye 2.7 and inter-orbital 2.9-3.1 in head length. Mouth very protractile and, when protracted, directed downwards; protractile part equal to half the length of head or longer. Dorsal fin long, originating above pelvics, with 7 spines, the second the longest, and 15-16 rays; anal finrays III + 15-16; soft dorsal and anal with scaly sheath. Gillrakers 3-4 + 12-14. Scales cycloid. Colour: dorsal part of body mottled grey with pink patches on the sides, belly silvery, black line along each side of dorsal base; black border on lower edge of preorbital, iris golden. Size: to 11 cm SL.

Habitat: in coastal waters. Food: bottom invertebrates. Reproduction: in summer months.

Distribution: in the Mediterranean from Tunisia eastwards. Immigrant from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Leiognathidae
Genus Leiognathus
Species Leiognathus klunzingeri

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)

Synonyms:

Equula klunzingeri Steindachner, 1898, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 107: 782, pl. I (fig. 2) ('Gulf of Suez'). Type: presumably in NMW.
Leiognathus klunzingeri: Chabanaud, 1933, Bull. Soc. zool. France, 58: 291 (Suez Canal).
Leiognathus mediterraneaus Erazi, 1943, C.R. Soc. turque Sci., 10: 49 (Iskenderun).
Leiognathus klunzingeri: Ben-Tuvia, 1953: 24, fig. 15; 1966: 264.


Common names:

eksi [Tu]
pesce sapone [It]
pony fish [En]
sharbuv [Iw]

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1953b. New Erythrean Fishes from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Nature, Lond., 172: 464 pp.

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1966. Red Sea fishes recently found in the Mediterranean. Copeia, (2): pp. 254-275, 2 fig.

Chabanaud, P. 1933. Sur divers Poissons de la mer Rouge et du canal de Suez. Description de deux especes nouvelles. Bull. Inst. oceanogr., Monaco, (627) :1-12, 7 fig.

Erazi, R. A. 1942b. Leiognathus mediterraneus nov. sp. C.R. Soc. Turque Sci., Istanbul, 10: pp. 49-53.

Erazi, R. A. 1943. The Labridae (Wrasses) of the Bosphorus and the sea of Marmara. Istanb. Univ. Fen Fak. Mecm., (8) 8 (3): pp. 141-159, 17 fig.

Steindachner, F. 1898. Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem Rothen Meere. Sber. Akad Wiss., Wien, 107 (1): 780-788, 1 pl.

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