WoRMS taxon details
Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775)
303762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:303762)
accepted
Species
Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted
Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Equula totta Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted
Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (Specific epithet 'equula' a noun...)
Specific epithet 'equula' a noun in apposition: no gender agreement
Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901 · unaccepted
Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted
Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 58, xii [details]
page(s): 58, xii [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=303762 on 2025-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 448, 449 [details]
original description (of Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901) Seale, A. (1901). Report of a mission to Guam. Part II. Fishes. <em>Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 1: 61-128., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122392 [details]
original description (of Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 58, xii [details]
original description (of Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
original description (of Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Equula totta Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 212 [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]
page(s): 448, 449 [details]
original description (of Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901) Seale, A. (1901). Report of a mission to Guam. Part II. Fishes. <em>Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 1: 61-128., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122392 [details]
original description (of Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 58, xii [details]
original description (of Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
original description (of Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Equula totta Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 212 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (83 barcodes) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Equula totta Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiognathus equula)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula totta Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Leiognathus equulus, Indonesia, by Allen, G.R.) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NHMUK collection (Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595079)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus equulus FIN030514 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus equulus FIN030514B Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Barcode of Life (83 barcodes) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Equula totta Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiognathus equula)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus obscura Seale, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber edentulus Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula ensifera Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula totta Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Equula edentula (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Equula caballa Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus argenteus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus edentulus (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Leiognathus equulus, Indonesia, by Allen, G.R.) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Scomber equula Forsskål, 1775)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NHMUK collection (Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595079)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus equulus FIN030514 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiognathus equulus FIN030514B Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775))
