Atherinosoma
Appearance
Atherinosoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinidae |
Subfamily: | Atherininae |
Genus: | Atherinosoma Castelnau, 1872 |
Type species | |
Atherinosoma vorax Castelnau, 1872[1]
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Atherinosoma is a genus of silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.[2]
Species
[edit]The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) (elongated hardyhead)
- Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861) (small-mouth hardyhead)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Bray, D.J. (2018). "Atherinosoma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Atherinosoma in FishBase. June 2012 version.