Family : Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Longspine ponyfish
Fish Name : Leiognathus longispinis
Max size : 16.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3424)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: southern India, throughout Indo-Malayan region, northern Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, reports from Fiji. Further study is required to determine if the population spanning this wide range comprise one single species.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in coastal waters. Stays near the substrate and feeds on fish, crustaceans, chaetognaths, nematodes, bivalves, and gastropods (Ref. 5213)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Woodland, David J.
Main Ref : Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.). 2000. (Ref. 36648)

India country information
Common Names : குளி காரை, காரல், മുള്ളന്, Goomorah-korah, Kaaral, Kap, Kapi, Kulli-kare, Kurichy, Kutali, Smithurst's ponyfish, Thali-mullan, Tunka-chandee
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses