Karalla dussumieri

Karalla dussumieri, Dussumier's ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region where it occurs from Madagascar and Réunion east to the Philippines. It is found in schools over substrates consisting of coral sand in coastal waters, although it will also enters estuaries. It feeds on small crustaceans, polychaetes, bivalves, foraminiferans, gastropods and nematodes.[1] This species was first formally described as Equula dussumieri in 1835 by Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Coromandel coast.[2] The specific name honours the French voyager and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883), who collected the type.[3]

Karalla dussumieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Leiognathidae
Genus:	Karalla
Species:	K. dussumieri
Binomial name
Karalla dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
Equula dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 Leiognathus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835)

References

1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Karalla dussumieri" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Equula dussumieri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (12 August 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2020.