WoRMS taxon details
Rhinosardinia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879)
282596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282596)
accepted
Species
Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted
Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912 · unaccepted
(of Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Ichthyologische Beiträge (VIII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 80 (nos 1-2): 119-191, Pls. 1-3. [Some species date to the abstract p. 194-195 . Also as a separate (1879), pp. 1-73, Pls. 1-3.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinosardinia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282596 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Ichthyologische Beiträge (VIII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 80 (nos 1-2): 119-191, Pls. 1-3. [Some species date to the abstract p. 194-195 . Also as a separate (1879), pp. 1-73, Pls. 1-3.]. [details]
original description (of Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912) Eigenmann, C. H. (1912). The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.14514 [details]
original description (of Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912) Eigenmann, C. H. (1912). The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.14514 [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 (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinosardinia amazonica)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia amazonica RAD100555-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia amazonica RAD100556-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia serrata P06425 illustration) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia serrata P06430 illustration) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinosardinia amazonica)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heringia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Clupea amazonica Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia amazonica RAD100555-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia amazonica RAD100556-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia serrata P06425 illustration) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinosardinia serrata P06430 illustration) (from synonym Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912)
To ITIS
