WoRMS taxon details
Opisthonema libertate (Günther, 1867)
275504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275504)
accepted
Species
Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opisthonema libertate (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275504 on 2025-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [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
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific thread herringdeepbody thread herring | [details] |
| French | Chardin du Pacifique | [details] |
| Spanish | sardina crinuda | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthonema libertate)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Opisthonema libertate, Nicaragua, by Cotto Sánchez, A.J.)
To GenBank (160 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (160 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthonema libertate RAD100855-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthonema libertate RAD100856-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthonema libertate)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Opisthonema libertate, Nicaragua, by Cotto Sánchez, A.J.)
To GenBank (160 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (160 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthonema libertate RAD100855-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthonema libertate RAD100856-001)
To ITIS
