Biology:Magela hardyhead
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Short description: Species of fish
| Magela hardyhead | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Genus: | Craterocephalus |
| Species: | C. marianae
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| Binomial name | |
| Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1991
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The Magela hardyhead (Craterocephalus marianae) or Mariana's Hardyhead, is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae endemic to Australia .[2] It has a very restricted distribution, only found in the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory where it inhabits shallow and fast-flowing freshwater creeks.[3] The fish has a high thermal tolerance, like some other species in the genus Craterocephalus, and may tolerate water temperatures up to 39.5º.[3] The specific name honours Walter Ivantsoff's daughter, Marian.[4]
References
- ↑ Hammer, M.; Brown, C. (2019). "Craterocephalus marianae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T5496A123377772. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T5496A123377772.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5496/123377772. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Craterocephalus maianae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vanessa J. Thompson. "Craterocephalus marjoriae". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1376.
- ↑ "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 1 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes1/.
Wikidata ☰ Q309379 entry
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