Biology:Menidia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Menidia Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
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| Menidia menidia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Menidiinae |
| Tribe: | Mendiniini |
| Genus: | Menidia Bonaparte, 1836 |
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| Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766[2]
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Menidia is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater, brackish and marine habitats along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of North America, ranging from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The species M. clarkhubbsi, an all-female species, reproduces asexually.[4]
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Menidia audens Hay, 1882 (Mississippi silverside)
- Menidia beryllina (Cope, 1867) (Inland silverside)
- Menidia clarkhubbsi A. A. Echelle & Mosier, 1982 (Texas silverside)
- Menidia colei C. L. Hubbs, 1936 (Golden silverside)
- Menidia conchorum Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 (Key silverside)
- Menidia extensa C. L. Hubbs & Raney, 1946 (Waccamaw silverside)
- Menidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic silverside)
- Menidia peninsulae (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879) (Tidewater silverside)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Menidia". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1421.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Atherinopsidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Atherinopsidae.
- ↑ Echelle and Mosier 1982
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Menidia in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- "Menidia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 June 2006. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165992.
- Echelle, Anthony A. and Doyle T. Mosier, "Menidia clarkhubbsi, n. sp. (Pisces: Atherinidae), an All-Female Species." Copeia, Vol. 1982, No. 3 (Aug. 10, 1982), pp. 533–540
Wikidata ☰ Q2330102 entry
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