Atherinosoma

Genus of fishes

Atherinosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherininae
Genus: Atherinosoma
Castelnau, 1872
Type species
Atherinosoma vorax
Castelnau, 1872[1]

Atherinosoma is a genus of silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) (elongated hardyhead)
  • Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861) (small-mouth hardyhead)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ Bray, D.J. (2018). "Atherinosoma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Atherinosoma". FishBase. June 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Atherinosoma


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