Leiognathus berbis

Berbis ponyfish
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Leiognathidae
Genus:	Leiognathus
Species:	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 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

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)". marinespecies.org.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Leiognathus berbis" in FishBase. 7 2015 version.

Classification

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)". marinespecies.org.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Leiognathus berbis" in FishBase. 7 2015 version.