Atherinomorus

Atherinomorus is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae.

Atherinomorus
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Scientific classification
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]

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2002 (Spatular-scale silverside)
  • Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Tropical silverside)
  • 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) (Hardy-head 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, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Atherinomorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Atherinidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  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.


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