Leuresthes

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Leuresthes is a genus of small silverside fishes known for their grunion species that spawn on sandy beaches along the Pacific coast of North America.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Leuresthes canonical 3
Leuresthes tenuis 2
Leuresthes sardina 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo subfamily Atherinopsinae ⓘ
bodySize small silverside fishes ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName grunions ⓘ
conservationConcern coastal habitat degradation ⓘ
describedAs genus of New World silversides ⓘ
distribution California Current region ⓘ
linked to: California Current
ecologicalRole forage fish ⓘ
eggDevelopmentSite buried in beach sand ⓘ
eggLayingSite intertidal zone ⓘ
family Atherinopsidae ⓘ
feedingType planktivorous ⓘ
habitat marine coastal waters ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasCommonNameForSpecies California grunion ⓘ
linked to: Menidia

Gulf grunion ⓘ
Tortuga grunion ⓘ
linked to: Gulf grunion
hasSpecies Leuresthes hubbsi ⓘ
Leuresthes sardina ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes

Leuresthes tenuis ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion swimming ⓘ
nativeRange Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableFor grunion runs ⓘ
order Atheriniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region Baja California ⓘ
California ⓘ
reproduction beach-spawning behavior ⓘ
spawns on sandy beaches ⓘ
salinityPreference marine ⓘ
spawningBehavior adults come ashore to spawn ⓘ
spawningSeason spring ⓘ
summer ⓘ
spawningTrigger high tides ⓘ
lunar cycle ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
threat beach development ⓘ
human disturbance during spawning ⓘ
typeSpecies Leuresthes tenuis ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes
waterType shallow coastal waters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atherinidae → hasMember → Leuresthes ⓘ
Atherinopsidae → includesGenus → Leuresthes ⓘ
Leuresthes → hasSpecies → Leuresthes tenuis ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes
Leuresthes → hasSpecies → Leuresthes sardina ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes
Leuresthes → typeSpecies → Leuresthes tenuis ⓘ
linked to: Leuresthes
New World silversides → contains → Leuresthes ⓘ