Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1937Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
None
Description
None
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Tree
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Chordata | |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata | |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes | |
| Class: | Actinopterygii | |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii | |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei | |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii | |
| Order: | Atheriniformes | |
| Suborder: | Atherinoidei | |
| Family: | Atherinidae | |
| Genus: | Atherinella | |
| Species: | chagresi |
Synonyms
Menidia chagresi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914)
Melaniris chagresi (None, None)
Melaniris chagresi (None, None)
Potentially Misidentified Species
Atherinella spp.
8 Caribbean species; 11 Pacific species
8 Caribbean species; 11 Pacific species
Ecology
General:
Athereiella chagresi. It is a resident of freshwater streams and rivers, and brackish estuaries. Its precise salinity and temperature tolerances are unknown (Nordlie 2012; Robertson and Allen 2015).
Food:
Zooplankton
Consumers:
Piscivorous fishes
Trophic Status:
Carnivore
CarnHabitats
| General Habitat | Fresh (nontidal) Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Grass Bed | None |
| General Habitat | Nontidal Freshwater | None |
| General Habitat | Tidal Fresh Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Salt-brackish marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Unstructured Bottom | None |
| Salinity Range | Limnetic | 0-0.5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Oligohaline | 0.5-5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Nektonic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Maximum Temperature (ºC) | 26 | Field, Froese and Pauly 2017 |
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 0 | Froese and Pauly 2017 |
| Maximum Length (mm) | 115 | Robertson and van Tassel 2015 |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Fresh-Brackish |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
| Bioregion | Region Name | Year | Invasion Status | Population Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAN_PAC | Panama Pacific Coast | 1937 | Non-native | Established |
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
References
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1998 Ichthyological Collection Catalog. <missing URL>Brunetti, Riccardo; Griggio, Francesca; Mastrototaro, Francesco; 3, F Gasparini, Fabio; Gissi, Carmela (2020) Toward a resolution of the cosmopolitan Botryllus schlosseri species complex (Ascidiacea, Styelidae):, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 1175-1192
Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (Editors). 2002-2024 FishBase.(World Wide Web electronic publication).. <missing URL>
Hildebrand, Samuel F. (1939) The Panama Canal as a passageway for fishes, with lists and remarks on the fishes and invertebrates observed, Zoologica (New york Zoological Society) 24: 15-45
McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351
Pansera, Marco;; Camatti, Elisa; Schroeder, Anna; Zagami, Giacomo;; Bergamasco, Alessandro (2021) The non?indigenous Oithona davisae in a Mediterranean transitional environment: coexistence patterns with competing species, Scientific Reports 11(8341): Published online
Pestana, Lueji Barros; Dias, Gustavo Muniz; Marquesa, Antonio Carlos (2017) A century of introductions by coastal sessile marine invertebrates in Angola, South East Atlantic Ocean, Marine Pollution Bulletin 125: 426-a432
U.S. National Museum of Natural History 1996-2014 NMNH Fish Collection Database.. <missing URL>