Biology:Iso (fish)
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Iso | |
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| Iso flosmaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Suborder: | Atherinoidei |
| Family: | Isonidae Rosen, 1964[1] |
| Genus: | Iso D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Iso flosmaris D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1901[2]
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Iso is an Indo-Pacific genus of silversides, commonly called surf sardines, the only genus in the monogeneric family Isonidae, they were formerly classified in the family Notocheiridae alongside the surf silverside but they are now thought to be within the suborder Atherinoidei while the surf silverside is classified in the suborder Atherinopsoidei, along with the Neotropical silversides.[3] It contains five species to date, the first of which was described in 1895.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- Iso flosmaris D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901
- Iso hawaiiensis Gosline, 1952 (Hawaiian surf sardine)
- Iso natalensis Regan, 1919 (surf sprite)
- Iso nesiotes Saeed, Ivantsoff & Crowley, 1993 (Samoan surf sardine)
- Iso rhothophilus (J. D. Ogilby, 1895) (flower of the wave)
References
- ↑ Bailly, Nicolas (2017). "Isonidae Rosen, 1964". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397231.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Iso". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5026.
- ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 357–358. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Iso in FishBase. June 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q148320 entry
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