WoRMS taxon details
Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)
1865516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1865516)
accepted
Species
Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scomber equula minimus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Equula berbis 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1865516 on 2026-10-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010) Chakrabarty, P.; Chu, J.; Nahar, L.; Sparks, J.S. (2010). Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes. Zootaxa, 2427, 15-24. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2427.1.2 [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Equula berbis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]original description (of Equula berbis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Berber ponyfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equulites absconditus) (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber equula minimus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equulites absconditus) (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber equula minimus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835)
