Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Mergellus

Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mergus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mergellus*	Selby, 1840	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mergus albellus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: lille skallesluger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: smew

English-United States: Smew sources: Charles Hussey

French: harle piette sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Zwergsäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Νανοπρίστης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): מרגון גמד sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pesciaiola sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: mažasis dančiasnapis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lappfiskand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129

Norwegian Nynorsk: lappfiskand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bielaczek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или белый гоголь (устар.); луток sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mali žagar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: serreta chica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: salskrake sources: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Turkish: sutlabi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крех малий; Луток sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: lleian wen

Literature

basis of record	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Taxon found in 256 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232039

Drs Cees Roselaar. Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96549