Craterocephalinae
Appearance
Craterocephalinae | |
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Craterocephalus fluviatilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinidae |
Subfamily: | Craterocephalinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996[1] |
Genera | |
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Craterocephalinae is a subfamily of silversides from the family, Atherinidae, the Old World silversides. The majority of the species in this subfamily are freshwater fish, although some occur in brackish water. They are found in Australia and New Guinea.[2]
Genera
The subfamily contains the following genera:[2]
- Craterocephalus McCulloch, 1912
- Sashatherina Ivantsoff & Allen, 2011
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.