Species that contain: Leiognathus and edentulus [ 3 ] records

argenteus, Leiognathus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:448, 449 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8756 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:34 [ref. 15502]. The name equula is Latin for a young horse, the name does not decline (Kottelat 2013:340). Unneeded new name for Scomber edentulus Bloch 1795. •Synonym of Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 1999:260 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:339 [ref. 32989] with question, Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:425 [ref. 39869]). Current status: Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

edentulus, Scomber Bloch [M. E.] 1795:109, Pl. 428 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] No locality given [East India, evidently Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8756 (left skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:93 [ref. 24282]. On p. 109 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Holotype figured in Sparks & Dunlap 2004:15 [ref. 27928] •Synonym of Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:135 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:260 [ref. 24106], Ataur Rahman 2003:365 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:339 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ensifera, Equula Cuvier [G.] 1829:212 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Indian seas [Tharangambadi]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8756 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:34 [ref. 15502]. Available from footnote as, "Eq. ensifera, Nob., ou Scomber edentulus, Bl., 428, ou Leyognathe argenté, Lacép." Replacement name for Scomber edetulus Block 1795. Also described in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:66 [ref. 1004]. •Synonym of Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 1999:260 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:339 [ref. 32989] with question, Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:425 [ref. 39869]). Current status: Synonym of Leiognathus equula (Forsskål 1775). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.