WoRMS taxon details
Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)
279422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279422)
accepted
Species
Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Hypomesus pretiosus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856) accepted as Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
- Subspecies Hypomesus pretiosus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) accepted as Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Observations upon a collection of fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 142-156. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279422 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Observations upon a collection of fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 142-156. [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). (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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Amerikaanse spiering | [details] |
| English | surf smelt | [details] |
| French | éperlan du Pacifiqueéperlan argenté | [details] |
| German | kleinmauliger kalifornischer Stint | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypomesus pretiosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus pretiosus (Girard, 1854))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 78 proteins) (from synonym Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypomesus pretiosus P16415 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypomesus pretiosus P16416 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypomesus pretiosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus pretiosus (Girard, 1854))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 78 proteins) (from synonym Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypomesus pretiosus P16415 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypomesus pretiosus P16416 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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