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Species in the genus Eques: [ 5 ] records

americanus, Eques Bloch [M. E.] 1793:91, Pl. 347 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] Western Atlantic. Holotype (unique): ZMB 905. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:128 [ref. 24282]. On p. 76 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 10 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:27 [ref. 6983], Holt & Riley 1999:825 [ref. 24428], Nelson et al. 2004:147 [ref. 27807]). •Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2020:18 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.

balteatus, Eques Cuvier [G.] 1829:175 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] America. No types known. Cuvier specimens: MNHN 0000-7449 (1) Martinique. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:11 [ref. 6382] with MNHN 7449 as holotype. Available from footnote as, "Eques balteatus, N., ou Eq. americanus, Bl. 347, i, ou Chaetodon lanceolatus, Lin.; Edw., 210." Also see Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:165 [ref. 999]. •Synonym of Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983]). •Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2020:18 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.

edwardi, Sciaena Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:53 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] (West) Indian Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983]). •Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2020:18 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.

lanceolatus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] (ex Edwards) 1758:277 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India [erroneous, should be Bahamas]. No types known. Based on the “Ribband-fish” of Edwards 1750:210, Pl. 210 (middle fig.) [ref. 38737]. •Valid as Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:27 [ref. 6983], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:362 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:186 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:144 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:403 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:269 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:586 [ref. 16204], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:270 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Schwartz 2001:129 [ref. 25391], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:110 [ref. 26784], Chao 2003:1617 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:87 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27621], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:424 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:57 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:80 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:74 [ref. 39585]). •Valid as Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2020:18 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:634 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:175 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:209 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus 1758). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least concern (as Equetus lanceolatus). Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Eques Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Parra) 1801:106, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Cuba. No types known. Based on the 'Serrana hispanis' of Parra 1787:2, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [ref. 6840]. •Valid as Equetus punctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983], Robins & Ray 1986:187 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:145 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:403 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:270 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Holt & Riley 1999:825 [ref. 24428], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:270 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Schwartz 2001:129 [ref. 25391], Collette et al. 2003:110 [ref. 26784], Chao 2003:1618 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:87 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:147 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:426 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:152 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:57 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:80 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:74 [ref. 39585]). •Valid as Eques punctatus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Parenti 2020:18 [ref. 37439], Carvalho-Filho 2023:175 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:209 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Eques punctatus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas and Florida (U.S.A.) south to Bahia (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.