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Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)

Berber ponyfish
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Berber ponyfish, Cá Liệt bè
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin, central and southern Vietnam (Ref. 12846); also from Quang Ninh-Cat Ba (Ref. 58534). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs verification.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Yellowfin ponyfish, Scrawled ponyfish, Miralla, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: berbis: Name from Latin absconditus meaning hidden or concealed, referring to its being well represented in collections for many years, yet consistently misidentified as member of other species..
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Equula berbis is considered as a nomen dubium of uncertain placement beyond the family level (Ref. 84470:20-21). Correct name Equulites oblongus; the types are in poor condition and placement in the genus Equulites is provisional (P. Chakrabarty pers.comm. tru S. Bogorodsky, 11/2010).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 3 - 40 m (Ref. 30573).   Tropical; 33°N - 10°S, 39°E - 133°E

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