WoRMS taxon details
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758
272028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272028)
accepted
Species
Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272028 on 2026-03-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827) Nardo, G. D. (1827). Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum Adriaticae ichthyologiae. <em>Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti.</em> (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10: 22-40. [details]
[request]original description (of Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827) Nardo, G. D. (1827). Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum Adriaticae ichthyologiae. <em>Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti.</em> (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10: 22-40. [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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | terinagavoniaterina | [details] |
| Dutch | Middellandse-Zeekoornaarsvis | [details] |
| English | Mediterranean sand smelt | [details] |
| French | siouclet | [details] |
| German | Mittelmeer-Ährenfisch | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μεγάλη αθερίνα [from synonym]atherina | [details] |
| Russian | Атерина средиземноморская | [details] |
| Spanish | chucleto | [details] |
| Turkish | gumus baligicamuka | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Атерина середземноморська | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherina hepsetus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atherina hepsetus USNM 48365 radiograph)
To PESI (from synonym Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherina hepsetus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atherina hepsetus USNM 48365 radiograph)
To PESI (from synonym Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
