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Leiognathus berbis

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Berbis ponyfish
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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[clarification needed] 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Leiognathus berbis" in FishBase. 7 2015 version.