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Leiognathus

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Leiognathus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[2] They are sometimes known as silverbellies.^[3]

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

^ ^a ^b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leiognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Leiognathus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
^ James, P. S. B. R.; M. Badrudeen (1990). "A new species of silverbelly Leiognathus striatus (Family Leiognathidae: Pisces) from the Gulf of Mannar, India and redescription of Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 32 (1–2): 217–226.

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Leiognathus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies.