Global InformationDeveximentum insidiator information
| Deveximentum insidiator | |
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Conservation status
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 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Deveximentum |
| Species: | D. insidiator
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| Binomial name | |
| Deveximentum insidiator (Bloch, 1787)
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Secutor insidiator, the pugnose ponyfish or barred ponyfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a ponyfish in the family Leiognathidae.[2] The barred ponyfish's mineralized skeleton contains apatite and the mineralized tissue contains hydroxylapatite.[4] They have bare heads with nuchal spines and their bodies are a distinctive, reflective silver, frequently imitated by fishermen using silver lures. They have a protracted mouth pointing upward and the tip of the maxilla reaches well below the level of the lower margin of the eye. Barred ponyfish feed on zooplankton, including larval fishes and crustaceans.[5] Body depth is twice or slightly more than standard length, which measures 11.3 cm from the tip of the snout to last vertebra.[6] The lateral line ends before the dorsal fin.[7]
- ^ Alam, S.; Hartmann, S.; Kaymaram, F.; Al-Husaini, M. & Almukhtar, M. (2015). "Secutor insidiator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T166941A57142285. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Secutor insidiator" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Deveximentum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Barred ponyfish data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ^ "Secutor insidiator, Pugnose ponyfish : fisheries". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ "Barred ponyfish - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ^ "Secutor insidiator, Pugnose ponyfish : fisheries".