LEIOGNATHIDAE Eubleekeria jonesi, 7.8 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Eubleekeria jonesi (James, 1971) Yellowlined Ponyfish D VIII, 16; A III, 14-15 (usually 14); P1 16-19; LL 50-61; GR 5-7 + 21-24 = 24-31; V 10+14. Body deep, ovate, strongly compressed. Mouth protruding downwards, with small slender teeth on both jaws; ventral profile of lower jaw almost straight; lower margin of eye located above level of mouth gape. Cheek naked; breast almost completely scaled; semicircular naked area on nape. Color: head and body almost uniformly silvery-white; tip of snout dark; lateral line scales prominent yellow but easily fade out; distal half of fin membranes between second and fifth spines of dorsal fin with a somewhat pale black blotch. Size: maximum length about 14 cm SL. Distribution: found in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Indonesia. Remarks: feeds on benthic invertebrates. Marketed fresh or dried.