Menidia

Menidia
Menidia
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Menidia menidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Menidia
Species

Menidia beryllina
Menidia clarkhubbsi
Menidia colei
Menidia conchorum
Menidia extensa
Menidia menidia
Menidia peninsulae

Menidia is a genus of silverside fish (Atherinopsidae) found all around the shores of the Gulf of Maine from Nova Scotia to Cape Cod. The species M. clarkhubbsi, an all-female species, reproduces asexually[2]

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  2. ^ Echelle and Mosier 1982