Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Atheriniformes > Family Atherinidae > Subfamily Atherininae > Genus Atherina

Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atherina*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Atherina (Hepsetia) presbyter*	Cuvier, 1829	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Breton: perlezeg sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Danish: stribefisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone koornaarvis; koornaarvis sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Billiau, R. (1987). One year of manual beam trawling [Een jaar kruien]. De Strandvlo 7(2): 63-77

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

French: athérine; petit prêtre; prêtre sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Ährenfisch; Streifenfisch sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Swedish: prästfisk sources: Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Welsh: pysgodyn ystlys-arian

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Billiau, R. (1987). One year of manual beam trawling [Een jaar kruien]. De Strandvlo 7(2): 63-77
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Atherina presbyter, Ireland, by Østergaard, T.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272030