Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Atheriniformes > Family Atherinidae > Subfamily Atherininae > Genus Atherina

Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atherina*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Atherina (Hepsetia) boyeri*	Risso, 1810	synonym; alternate representation
*Atherina bonapartii*	Boulenger, 1907	synonym
*Atherina pontica*	Eichwald, 1831	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: aterina symadhe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: big-scale sand-smelt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Big-scale Sand-smelt sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

Lithuanian: kaspijinė aterina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: ateryna Boyera; ateryna zwyczajna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: атерина черноморская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Turkish: gumus baligi; gümüş balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Атерина чорноморська sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pysgodyn ystlys-arian cennog

Literature

additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (889 nucleotides; 366 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. 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:272027

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304795