big-scale sand smelt
Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810
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
- Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810
- Name authority
- Risso, 1810
- Common name
- big-scale sand smelt
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Atheriniformes
- Family
- Atherinidae
- Genus
- Atherina
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · 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
- suborderAtherinoidei
- familyAtherinidae Risso, 1827
- genusAtherina Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesAtherina boyeri Risso, 1810
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Atherina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina harringtonensis Goode, 1877 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand smeltAtherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean sand smeltAtherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
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.
- Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris, i–xxxvi + 1–388, Pls. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052 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:688WN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.