Menidia
| Menidia Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1] | |
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| Menidia menidia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Menidia Bonaparte, 1836 |
Menidia is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater, brackish and marine habitats along the Atlantic coast of North and Central America. The species M. clarkhubbsi, an all-female species, reproduces asexually.[2]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [3]
- 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. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Echelle and Mosier 1982
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Menidia in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- "Menidia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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