WoRMS taxon details

Menidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766)

159228  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159228)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region to Florida  
Distribution southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region to Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Menidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159228 on 2025-02-18
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Atherina boscii Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 

original description (of Atherina notata Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 446, Pl. 4 (fig. 6) [details] 

original description (of Atherina viridescens Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 447 [details] 

original description (of Menidia dentex Goode & Bean, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [details] 

original description (of Phoxargyrea dayi Fowler, 1903) Fowler, H. W. (1903). Descriptions of new, little known, and typical Atherinidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 55: 727-742, Pls. 41-44. [details] 

original description (of Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
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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LanguageName 
Dutch kornaarvisAtlantische koornaarvis  [details]
English sperlingsilversidegreen smeldtAtlantic silverside  [details]
French capucette  [details]
German gezeiten Ährenfisch  [details]