WoRMS taxon details
Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres, 1854)
281934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281934)
accepted
Species
Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854 · unaccepted
(of Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Descriptions of new species of fishes form California.]. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1284): 1, column 1. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281934 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Descriptions of new species of fishes form California.]. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1284): 1, column 1. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sacramento blackfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orthodon microlepidotus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orthodon microlepidotus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
