WoRMS taxon details
Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901
277641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277641)
accepted
Species
Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953 accepted as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953 accepted as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953 accepted as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1901). A review of the atherine fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 24 (no. 1250): 199-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.24-1250.199 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277641 on 2026-02-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1901). A review of the atherine fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 24 (no. 1250): 199-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.24-1250.199 [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムギイワシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherion elymus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Athernion elymus P01384 illustration) (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atherion elymus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus asper Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Athernion elymus P01384 illustration) (from synonym Atherion elymus freyi Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
