WoRMS taxon details
Atherinopsis californiensis Girard, 1854
279813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279813)
accepted
Species
Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Atherinopsis californiensis Girard, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279813 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
original description (of Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
original description (of Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916) Osburn, R. C.; Nichols J. T. (1916). Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 35 (art. 16): 139-181. [details]
original description (of Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
original description (of Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916) Osburn, R. C.; Nichols J. T. (1916). Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 35 (art. 16): 139-181. [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherinopsis californiensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atherinopsis californiensis P01383 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherinopsis californiensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina storeri Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherinopsis sonorae Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atherinopsis californiensis P01383 illustration)
To ITIS
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