WoRMS taxon details
Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
281547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281547)
accepted
Species
Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843 · unaccepted
Melanotaenia nigra (Richardson, 1843) · unaccepted (misspelling)
(of Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843) Richardson, J. (1843). Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia (continued). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series).</em> v. 11 (nos 67-8, 71-2): 22-28, 169-182, 352-359, 422-428. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281547 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843) Richardson, J. (1843). Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia (continued). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series).</em> v. 11 (nos 67-8, 71-2): 22-28, 169-182, 352-359, 422-428. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanotaenia nigrans)
To Fishbase (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9157602) (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melanotaenia nigrans P13883 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melanotaenia nigrans RAD118702-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanotaenia nigrans)
To Fishbase (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9157602) (from synonym Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melanotaenia nigrans P13883 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melanotaenia nigrans RAD118702-001)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
