You can sponsor this page

Nuchequula flavaxilla Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008

Yellowspotted ponyfish
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Nuchequula flavaxilla (Yellowspotted ponyfish)
Nuchequula flavaxilla
Picture by Wiadnya, D.G.R.


Philippines country information

Common names: Yellowspotted ponyfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Banate, Iloilo, Panay Island, NSMT-P 76261 (holotype Nuchequula flavaxilla, 10.6 cm SL, female). Also collected from Roxas (Ref. 74926).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kimura, S., R. Kimura and K. Ikejima, 2008
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: flavaxilla: Name from Latin 'flavaxilla' which means 'yellow axil'. referting to the prominent yellowmarking just behind the pectoral fin base..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Tropical; 12°N - 10°N, 122°E - 123°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2366 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2366): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1228): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2366