Alepidomus
Appearance
Alepidomus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinidae |
Subfamily: | Atherinomorinae |
Genus: | Alepidomus C. L. Hubbs, 1944 |
Species: | A. evermanni
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Binomial name | |
Alepidomus evermanni (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903)
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Synonyms | |
Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, 1903 |
Alepidomus evermanni is a freshwater species of silverside endemic to western Cuba. This species grows to 3.3 cm (1.3 in) in standard length.[1] It is the only known member of its genus.[2] This species was described as Atherina evermanni by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1903 with a type locality of San Cristobal, Cuba.[3] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932).[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alepidomus evermanni". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alepidomus". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina evermanni". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 July 2019.