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Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Atheriniformes
family
Atherinidae
genus
Atherina
species
Atherina boyeri

Name

Synonyms
Atherina anterina Nardo, 1847
Atherina bonapartii Boulenger, 1907
Atherina boyeri caspia Eichwald, 1831
Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831
Atherina hyalosoma Cocco, 1885
Atherina lacustris Bonaparte, 1836
Atherina lagunae Trabelsi, Faure, Quignard, Boussaid, Focant & Maamouri, 2002
Atherina mochon Cuvier, 1829
Atherina mochon aegyptia Boulenger, 1907
Atherina mochon pontica Eichwald, 1831
Atherina mochon riqueti Roule, 1902
Atherina mochon var. aegyptia Boulenger, 1907
Atherina pontica Eichwald, 1831
Atherina presbyter caspia Eichwald, 1831
Atherina presbyter pontica Eichwald, 1831
Atherina presbyter var. pontica Eichwald, 1831
Atherina riqueti Roule, 1902
Atherina risso Valenciennes, 1835
Atherina rissoi Günther, 1861
Atherina sarda Valenciennes, 1835
Homonyms
Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810
Common names
Aterina in Romanian
Aterina symadhe in Albanian
Aterynka czarnomorska in Polish
Aterynka sródziemnomorska in Polish
Athérine in French
Athérine in French
Athérine joël in French
Big-scale Sand-smelt in English
Big-scale sand smelt in English
Big-scale sand smelt in English
Boyer's sand smelt in English
Boyer's sand smelt in English
Boyers Ährenfisch in German
Cabassoun in French
Coubassou in French
Gavun in Serbian
Gavun batas in Serbian
Gumus in Turkish
Gümüs baligi in Turkish
Joël in French
Joël, Athérine in French
Kleine koornaarvis in Dutch
Kurunella in Maltese
Kurunella ghajnejh kbar in Maltese
Kurunetta in Maltese
Latterino in Italian
Latterino copoccione in Italian
Lille Stribefisk in Danish
Peixe-rei-do-Mediterrâneo in Portuguese
Pejerrey in Spanish
Piarda in Portuguese
aterina symadhe in Albanian
ateryna Boyera in Polish
ateryna zwyczajna in Polish
big-scale sand smelt in English
big-scale sand-smelt in English
gumus baligi in Turkish
gümüş balığı in Turkish
joel in French
joël in French
kaspijinė aterina in Lithuanian
kleine koornaarvis in Dutch
kleine koornaarvis in Dutch
kleiner Ährenfisch in German
mali gavun in Slovenian
pejerrey in Spanish
pysgodyn ystlys-arian cennog in Welsh
sand-smelt in English
Αθερίνα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Атерина чорноморська in Ukrainian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  3. Froese & Pauli (2023) Fishbase
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  7. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  11. Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11.
  12. Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11.
  13. Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11.
  14. Wolff WJ (2005) Non-indigenous marine and estuarine species in The Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen 79:1-116. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41874
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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