Species that contain: Leiognathus and berbis [ 6 ] records

berbis, Equula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:85 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea]. Neotype: HUJ 6204. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:33 [ref. 15502]. Based on Scomber equula var minimus Forsskål 1775. Nomen protectum according to Fricke 2008:34 [ref. 30182]. Neotype designated by Suzuki & Kimura 2023:24 [ref. 40749]. •See Randall 1995:193 [ref. 22896]. •Nomen dubium -- (Chakrabarty et al. 2010:20 [ref. 30812]). •Valid as Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Dor 1984:134 [ref. 29757], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:225 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:35 [ref. 25356], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Woodland et al. 2001:2801 [ref. 26095], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:32 [ref. 27712], Fricke 2008:34 [ref. 30182], Alshawy et al. 2016:1 [ref. 35105], Fricke et al. 2018:191 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273]). •Valid as Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kailola 1971:126 [ref. 39475], Suzuki & Kimura 2023:18 [ref. 40749]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, east Africa and Madagascar, Iran, Pakistan, India, east to Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, China, Taiwan, north to Okinawa Island, Japan; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

klunzingeri, Equula Steindachner [F.] 1898:199 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 35 (no. 19) (for 14July 1898); ref. 20495] Al Ghulayfiqah, Yemen [Gulf of Suez, Egypt, Red Sea]. Lectotype: NMW 76009-6. Paralectotypes: (several) NMW 22366 (1), 59908-09 (21, 8), 59904 (1), 68276-81 (8, 26, 9, 4, 2, 13), 76008-09 (1, 7). Later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1898:782, pl. 1 (figs. 2-2a) [ref. 14693]. Lectotype selected by Suzuki & Kimura 2023:20 [ref. 40749]. •Valid as Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Tortonese 1973:390 [ref. 7192], Dor 1984:135 [ref. 29757], Roux in Whitehead et al. 1986:856 [ref. 13676], Goren & Dor 1994:35 [ref. 25356], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:88 [ref. 26753], Dulĉić & Pallaoro 2002:523 [ref. 26144], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:274 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:41 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:85 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:46 [ref. 36649]). •Valid, tentatively as Photoplagios klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Sparks et al. 2005:315 [ref. 28434]). •Valid as Photoplagios klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Sparks 2006:1 [ref. 28783], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2007:622 [ref. 29261]). •Valid as Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:204 [ref. 29614], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:18 [ref. 30812], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:6 [ref. 29788], Golani et al. 2011:S75 [ref. 31436], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:423 [ref. 33460], Suzuki & Kimura 2017:[11] [ref. 35231], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:556 [ref. 36612], Khajavi et al. 2019:537 [ref. 37194], Bariche & Fricke 2020:130 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:51 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:60 [ref. 39014], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:419 [ref. 39869]). •Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Suzuki & Kimura 2023:19 [ref. 40749]). Current status: Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Habitat: marine.

mediterraneus, Leiognathus Rhasis Erazi [R. A.] 1943:49, Fig. [Compte Rendu Annuel / Société Turque Sciences Physiques et Naturelles v. 10 (1942-43); ref. 13183] Iskenderun, southeastern Turkey, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Original not seen. •Synonym of Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Tortonese 1973:390 [ref. 7192], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:88 [ref. 26753]). •Synonym of Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) -- (Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:419 [ref. 39869]). •Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Suzuki & Kimura 2023:19 [ref. 40749]). Current status: Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Habitat: marine.

minimus, Scomber equula Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:58, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Named on p. xii, tied to description on p. 58 through common name. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:34 [ref. 30182]. Nomen oblitum according to Fricke 2008:34 [ref. 30182]. •In the synonymy of Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Dor 1984:134 [ref. 29757], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

oblonga, Equula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:85 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Lectotype: MNHN A-6754. Paralectotype: A-6756 (1) Malabar. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:21 [ref. 15502] with holotype (A-6754) and paratype. Sparks & Chakrabarty 2019:9 [ref. 36798] report MNHN A-6754 as holotype. Lectotype selected by Suzuki & Kimura 2023:36 [ref. 40749]. •Synonym of Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Dor 1984:136 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Randall 1995:193 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:170 [ref. 23922], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:223 [ref. 27511] with author as Lacepède 1803, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:21 [ref. 30812]). •Valid as Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kimura 2009:129 [ref. 30426], Yoshida et al. 2013:124 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:234 [ref. 34104], Suzuki & Kimura 2017:[12] [ref. 35231], Motomura et al. 2017:123 [ref. 35490], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:145 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37020], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2019:9 [ref. 36798], Psomadakis et al. 2020:438 [ref. 37272], Giat in Motomura et al. 2021:31 [ref. 38121], Suzuki & Kimura 2023:36 [ref. 40749], Vilasri et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, eastern Indonesia and Kagoshima, Japan. Habitat: marine.

vermiculatus, Leiognathus Fowler [H. W.] 1904:513, Pl. 15 (lower left fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 27525. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:119 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther 1860) -- (Jones 1985:590 [ref. 21842], Sparks 2006:13 [ref. 28783]). •Synonym of Equulites leuciscus (Günther 1860) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:204 [ref. 29614], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:420 [ref. 39869]). •Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Suzuki & Kimura 2023:19 [ref. 40749]). Current status: Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Habitat: marine.