Leiognathus berbis

Berbis ponyfish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Leiognathus
Species: L. berbis
Binomial name
Leiognathus berbis
(Valenciennes, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Equula berbis Valenciennes, 1835
  • Scomber equula minimus Forsskål, 1775[1]

Leiognathus berbis, commonly known as the Berbis ponyfish, is a fish of brackish and marine waters found from Indo-West Pacific to along the Indian coasts and off Sri Lanka. Like its relatives, the fish is a demersal species that feeds on small crustaceans and bivalves.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)". marinespecies.org.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Leiognathus berbis" in FishBase. 7 2015 version.


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