Atherinosoma elongata
Atherinosoma elongata, the elongate hardyhead, is a species of silverside from the family Atherinidae.[1] This species is found in shallow estuaries, sheltered bays, inlets, lagoons and estuaries in southwestern and southern Australia from the Bowes River in Western Australia to Nelson in southwestern Victoria with a gap which runs from Point Demspter in Western Australia and Fowlers Bay, South Australia.[2] This species was described as Atherina elongata in 1879 by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger with a type locality of King George Sound in Western Australia.[3]
| Atherinosoma elongata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Genus: | Atherinosoma |
| Species: | A. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Atherinosoma elongata" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Bray, D.J. (2018). "Atherinosoma elongatum". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Atherina elongata". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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