WoRMS taxon details
Menidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 159228
AphiaID: 159228
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Atheriniformes (Order) > Atherinopsidae (Family) > Menidiinae (Subfamily) > Menidia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Menidia Bonaparte, 1836 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Atherina boscii Valenciennes, 1835 Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym) Atherina notata Mitchill, 1815 Atherina viridescens Mitchill, 1815 Menida menida (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Menidia dentex Goode & Bean, 1882 Menidia notata (Mitchill, 1815) Phoxargyrea dayi Fowler, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] basis of record: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus manicatus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 52 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on copepods, mysids, shrimps, small squids and marine worms [details] Distribution: southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region to Florida [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Pelagic species, found on sandy seashores and in mouths of inlets. [details] Importance: Scientific- trout food [details] Reproduction: External fertilization.Spawns from March to August [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159228 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Menidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159228 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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