LEIOGNATHIDAE


Secutor hanedai, 5.6 cm SL
(photo by Seishi Kimura)


Secutor hanedai
Mochizuki and Hayashi, 1989
Haneda's Ponyfish

D VIII, 16; A III, 14; P1 15-18; LL 60-70; GR 5-7 + 17-20 = 22-26; V 10+14.

Body oblong, somewhat elongate, compressed; ventral profile more strongly convex than dorsal profile. Mouth protruding upwards, with minute teeth on both jaws; ventral profile of lower jaw slightly concave. Cheek and breast naked. Color: body silvery brownish green dorsally, brilliant silvery-white ventrally; 9 or 10 vertical series of dark bars or blotches dorsolaterally on body. Size: maximum length about 10 cm. Distribution: found in Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan. Remarks: usually found in muddy bottoms in shallow waters. Marketed fresh or dried.