Menidia beryllina

Menidia beryllina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinopsoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinopsoidei

Familia: Atherinopsidae
Subfamilia: Menidiinae
Tribus: Menidiini
Genus: Menidia
Species: Menidia beryllina

Name

Menidia beryllina (Cope, 1867: 403)

Neotype: USNM 50012.

Type locality: Potomac River, opposite Washington D.C., at Jackson City, Virginia, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Chirostoma beryllinum Cope, 1867: 403
• Menidia cerea beryllina Kendall, 1902: 261
• Ischnomembras gabunensis Fowler, 1903: 731, Pl. 42
• Atherinichthys gracilis Günther, 1861: 405

References

• Cope, E.D. 1867: Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) 13(pt 3) (art. 13): 400–407.
• Fluker, B. L. , F. Pezold & R. L. Minton 2011: Molecular and morphological divergence in the inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) along a frewhwater-estuarine interface. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 91(3): 311–325. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9786-2
• Menidia beryllina in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Inland silverside