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Membras Bonaparte, 1836

Dataset
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Atheriniformes
family
Atherinopsidae
genus
Membras

Name

Synonyms
Adenops Schultz, 1948
Hubbesia Jordan, 1919
Kirtlandia Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Homonyms
Membras Bonaparte, 1836
Common names
rough silversides in English
smoothscaled silversides in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Dyer, B. S., and B. Chernoff, 1996: Phylogenetic relationships among atheriniform fishes (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, vol. 117, no. 1. 1-69.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  7. FishBase
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  9. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  10. Icon. F. Ital., 3, sign
  11. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  12. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  13. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  14. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  15. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  16. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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