Texas silverside
Menidia clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Menidia clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982
- Name authority
- Echelle & Mosier, 1982
- Common name
- Texas silverside
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Atheriniformes
- Family
- Atherinopsidae
- Genus
- Menidia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAtheriniformes
- suborderAtherinopsoidei
- familyAtherinopsidae Fitzinger, 1873
- subfamilyMenidiinae Schultz, 1948
- genusMenidia Bonaparte, 1836
- speciesMenidia clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Menidia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| golden silversideMenidia colei Hubbs, 1936 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| key silversideMenidia conchorum Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Menidia extensa Hubbs & Raney, 1946 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mississippi silversideMenidia audens Hay, 1882 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| inland silversideMenidia beryllina (Cope, 1867) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic silversideMenidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Echelle, A. A., & Mosier, D. T. (1982). Menidia clarkhubbsi, n. sp. (Pisces: Atherinidae), an all-female species. Copeia 1982, 3. https://doi.org/10.2307/1444652 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3ZQL3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.