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]
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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 |
| Type species | |
| Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766[2]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Menidia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atherinopsidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Echelle and Mosier 1982
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Menidia". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- "Menidia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 June 2006.
- 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
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