Alepidomus
Alepidomus evermanni is a freshwater species of silverside endemic to western Cuba. This species grows to 3.3 cm (1.3 in) in standard length.[1] It is the only known member of its genus.[2] This species was described as Atherina evermanni by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1903 with a type locality of San Cristobal, Cuba.[3] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932).[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Subfamily: | Atherinomorinae |
| Genus: | Alepidomus C. L. Hubbs, 1944 |
| Species: | A. evermanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Alepidomus evermanni (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, 1903 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Alepidomus evermanni" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Alepidomus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Atherina evermanni". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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