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Atherinomorus

Atherinomorus
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Hardyhead silverside).gif
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Atherinomorus
Fowler, 1903
Type species
Atherina laticeps, a synonym of Atherinomorus stipes
Poey, 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]

Atherinomorus is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2002 (Spatular-scale silverside)
  • Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Tropical silverside)
  • Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Eendracht Land silverside)
  • Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) (Red Sea hardyhead silverside)
  • Atherinomorus insularum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Hawaiian Islands silverside)
  • Atherinomorus lacunosus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Wide-banded hardyhead silverside)
  • Atherinomorus lineatus (Günther, 1872) (Lined silverside)
  • Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacépède, 1803) (Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside)
  • Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) (Culion silverside)
  • Atherinomorus stipes (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Hardy-head silverside)
  • Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Ogilby's hardyhead silverside)

Atherinomorus crenolepis is included in this genus by some authorities[4] but Fishbase covers this species as Hypoatherina crenolepis.[5]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinomorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atherinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Atherinomorus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  4. ^ Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2014). "Taxonomic review of the genus Hypoatherina Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)". Ichthyological Research. 61 (3): 207–241.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Hypoatherina crenolepis" in FishBase. February 2019 version.


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