Menidia

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Menidia
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Menidia menidia
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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]
Synonyms[3]
  • Argyrea De Kay, 1842
  • Ischnomembras Fowler, 1903
  • Menidiella Schultz, 1948
  • Phoxargyrea Fowler, 1903

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

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There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[5]

References

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