WoRMS name details
Leiognathus elongatus (Günther, 1874)
218456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218456)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Equula elongata Günther, 1874) Günther, A. (1874). Descriptions of new species of fishes in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> 14(83) (art. 47): 368-371. [details]
Description Inhabits shallow waters down to a depth of about 40 m. Usually found in schools near the bottoms. Feeds mainly on small...
Description Inhabits shallow waters down to a depth of about 40 m. Usually found in schools near the bottoms. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans, polychaetes and algae. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leiognathus elongatus (Günther, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218456 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Equula elongata Günther, 1874) Günther, A. (1874). Descriptions of new species of fishes in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> 14(83) (art. 47): 368-371. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits shallow waters down to a depth of about 40 m. Usually found in schools near the bottoms. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans, polychaetes and algae. [details]
