Merriamella Jordan 1907 (silverside)

Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144

Parent taxon: Atherinidae according to D. S. Jordan 1907

Sister taxa: Atherina, Atherinidarum, Atherinomorus, Toroatherina

Subtaxa: Merriamella doryssa

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merriamella in the database

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