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Ponyfish

Equulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)

Status not recordedbony fish

The ponyfish (Equulites berbis) is a species in the family Leiognathidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the ponyfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ponyfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ponyfish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the ponyfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ponyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyLeiognathidae
  6. genusEquulites
  7. SpeciesEquulites berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)

Synonyms Equula berbis, Equulites absconditus, Leiognathus berbis, Scomber equula minimus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Berber ponyfishEnglish
  • SilverbellyEnglish
  • plošák drobnýCzech
  • Peixe-pônei-do-PaquistãoPortuguese
  • Берберийский лиогнатRussian
  • EksiTurkish
  • plošák KlunzingerůvCzech
  • plošák stříbrolesklýCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ponyfish

Other species in the same genus Equulites.

Ponyfish

Equulites elongatus

LeiognathidaeNo free photo yet

Ponyfish

Equulites rivulatus

LeiognathidaeNo free photo yet

Ponyfish

Equulites leuciscus

LeiognathidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ponyfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ponyfish as introduced in 1 country: Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the ponyfish?

The ponyfish (Equulites berbis) belongs to the family Leiognathidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ponyfish (Equulites berbis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/equulites-berbis

MLA

“Ponyfish (Equulites berbis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/equulites-berbis.

BibTeX
@misc{equulites_berbis_2026,
  title = {Ponyfish (Equulites berbis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/equulites-berbis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}