WoRMS taxon details
Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1389965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1389965)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Eques americanus Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted
Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (Superseded new combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389965 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eques americanus Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 91, Pl. 347 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 175 [details]
basis of record Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist. 38, 257–416. [details]
[request]original description (of Eques americanus Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 91, Pl. 347 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 175 [details]
basis of record Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist. 38, 257–416. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- Gulf of Mexico
- North Atlantic Ocean
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | jackknife-fish [from synonym]Jack-knifefish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | payasito obispo [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Eques americanus Bloch, 1793)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equetus lanceolatus) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Eques americanus Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase images (Equetus lanceolatus, by Flescher, D.) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Eques americanus Bloch, 1793)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Equetus lanceolatus) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Eques balteatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Eques americanus Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase images (Equetus lanceolatus, by Flescher, D.) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
