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Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Notropis
species
Notropis atherinoides

Name

Synonyms
Alburnellus jaculus Cope, 1867
Alburnus acutus Lapham, 1854
Alburnus dilectus Girard, 1856
Alburnus lepidulus Girard, 1856
Alburnus nitidus Kirtland, 1854
Alburnus oligaspis Cope, 1865
Leuciscus copii Günther, 1868
Minnilus dinemus Rafinesque, 1820
Minulus dinemus Rafinesque, 1820
Notropis atherinoides acutus (Lapham, 1854)
Notropis atherinoides atherinoides
Notropis atherinoides caddonis Meek, 1891
Notropis louisianae Evermann, 1898
Homonyms
Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818
Common names
Brilhante-esmeralda in Portuguese
Common Emerald Shiner in English
Emerald Shiner in English
Emerald Shiner in English
Lake Emerald Shiner in English
Lake Shiner in English
Shiner in English
emerald shiner in English
emerald shiner in English
jeleček aterinovitý in Czech
méné émeraude in French
méné émeraude in French
méné émeraude in French
Атериновидный нотропис in Russian
Emerald Shiner in English
emerald shiner in English
méné émeraude in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1230 Notropis Rafinesque, 1818 (Pisces): the gender is masculine.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4), 241-242 (1982)
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  5. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds, 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  6. Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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