Leiognathidae

Berber ponyfish

Equulites berbis

Eleven Centimeters Leiognathid Fish from Indonesian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Equulites berbis, the Berber ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is found in brackish and marine waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Zanzibar east in the Indian Ocean to south-east Asia. Like its relatives, the fish is a demersal species that feeds on small crustaceans and bivalves.