Biology:Atherinomorus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Atherinomorus
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Hardyhead silverside).gif
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Pranesus Whitley, 1930
  • Thoracatherina Fowler, 1941

Atherinomorus is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • 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) (Hardhead 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". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5130. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Atherinidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Atherinidae. 
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2135886 entry