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Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)

126737  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126737)

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(of Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 15 [details] 
Distribution Labrador to Pennsylvania  
Distribution Labrador to Pennsylvania [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126737 on 2024-12-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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2013-01-08 14:50:09Z
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2013-05-30 06:55:16Z
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2020-09-24 06:35:24Z
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original description (of Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 15 [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods, eggs, crustaceans, fishes, squids, worms and insects [details]

Distribution Labrador to Pennsylvania [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat anadromous species; ascend streams in spring to spawn, landlocked species also exist [details]

Importance Scientific- Commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators Mergansers, cormorants, gulls, Atlantic cod, Atlantic salmon, also eat their own kind [details]

Reproduction Return to natal rivers to spawn, female produces between 7000 and 60,000 eggs; may repeat spawn [details]
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English rainbow smelt  [details]
French éperlan arc-en-ciel  [details]