WoRMS taxon details
Lucania parva (Baird & Girard, 1855)
159310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159310)
accepted
Species
Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855 · unaccepted
Limia venusta Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Lucania affinis Girard, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855) Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. <em>Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854).</em> : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to Florida Keys in USA and northeastern Mexico. Ascends Rio...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to Florida Keys in USA and northeastern Mexico. Ascends Rio Grande and Pecos River in Texas and New Mexico in USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lucania parva (Baird & Girard, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159310 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855) Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. <em>Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854).</em> : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [details]
original description (of Lucania affinis Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 113-122 ;v. 11:150. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Lucania affinis Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 113-122 ;v. 11:150. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to Florida Keys in USA and northeastern Mexico. Ascends Rio Grande and Pecos River in Texas and New Mexico in USA [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lucania affinis Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Limia venusta Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lucania parva)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Limia venusta Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Lucania affinis Girard, 1859)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lucania affinis Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Limia venusta Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lucania parva)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Limia venusta Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Lucania affinis Girard, 1859)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
