WoRMS taxon details
Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860)
398520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398520)
accepted
Species
Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Equula longispina De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Equulites novae Hollandiae Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Equulites novaehollandiae Staeindachner, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted
Liognathus hastatus Ogilby, 1912 · unaccepted
Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398520 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907) Evermann, B.W.; Seale, A. (1907). Fishes of the Philippine Islands. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 26(1906):49-110. [details]
original description (of Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904) Fowler, H. W. (1904). A collection of fishes from Sumatra. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> v. 12 (pt 4): 495-560, Pls. 7-28. [details]
original description (of Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Equula longispina De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547.
page(s): 542 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904) Fowler, H. W. (1904). A collection of fishes from Sumatra. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> v. 12 (pt 4): 495-560, Pls. 7-28. [details]
original description (of Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Equula longispina De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547.
page(s): 542 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Equulites novaehollandiae Staeindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Liognathus hastatus Ogilby, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Equula longispina De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equulites leuciscus)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula longispina De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Equulites novaehollandiae Staeindachner, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liognathus hastatus Ogilby, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904)
To FishBase images (Equulites leuciscus, Indonesia, by Tonozuka, T.)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Equulites leuciscus USNM 407543 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Equulites leuciscus USNM 408910 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus edwardsi P14646 illustration) (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Equulites novaehollandiae Staeindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Liognathus hastatus Ogilby, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Equula longispina De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equulites leuciscus)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula longispina De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Equulites novaehollandiae Staeindachner, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liognathus hastatus Ogilby, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler, 1904)
To FishBase images (Equulites leuciscus, Indonesia, by Tonozuka, T.)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Equula leuciscus Günther, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Equulites leuciscus USNM 407543 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Equulites leuciscus USNM 408910 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus edwardsi P14646 illustration) (from synonym Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, 1907)
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
